LA-BYAM-0094

Record Date: 
17 October 2013
Graveyard: 
Ballyadams
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

MAJOR GENERAL

SIR EDWARD GERALD BUTLER KTKMT

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

THE 30TH NOVR 1824

IN THE 54TH YEAR OF HIS AGE

AND WHOSE REMAINS REPOSE IN THE 

VAULT BENEATH

A KIND FATHER

A SINCERE FRIEND

A GALLANT SOLDIER

HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF ON

THE FIELD OF BATTLE AND SERVED

HIS COUNTRY IN THE FOUR QUARTERS

OF THE WORLD

HE LEFT FOUR SONS AND ONE

DAUGHTER TO LAMENT HIS LOSS

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Laois
Latitude: 
52.962658055556
Longitude: 
-7.0728913888889
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Sir
Name: 
Edward Gerald
Surname: 
Butler
Date of birth - year: 
1770
Date of death - day: 
30
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1824
Age: 
54