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John Olive Buttler

fl. 1840s

Army officer. Lieutenant in the 49th regiment native infantry of Madras, India. Probably John Olive Buttler (1822/3–80), son of George Buttler and Mary Best of Droxford, Hampshire; d. 10 October 1880 aged 57, captain in Her Majesty’s Madras Army, of Coonoor, Madras presidency.

Sources

East-India register and army list 1848

England, births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 June 2017)

India deaths and burials, 1719–1948 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 June 2017)

Bibliography

East-India register and army list: The East-India register and army list. Compiled from the official returns, by permission of the Honourable the East-India Company. 16 vols. London: W. H. Allen. 1845–60.

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