NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Butler, George (1774-1853) Dean of Peterborough DNB: Butler, George (1774-1853), headmaster and dean of Peterborough LBT ID: GeButle1853 | B/BAP: 1774-07-05 DIED: 1853-04-30 |
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Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, he succeeded Joseph Drury as headmaster at
Harrow after a contentious election (1805) and was dean of Peterborough (1842-1853). | |