Alexander Kaye Butterworth
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Sir Alexander K Butterworth LLB, OL |
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| Born |
4 December 1854 Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Died | 23 January 1946 (aged 91) Hampstead, Middlesex |
| Resting place | St John-at-Hampstead Church, Hampstead |
| Employer |
Great Western Railway North Eastern Railway Railway Executive Committee Victoria Park Hospital for Heart and Chest Diseases |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Wigan 1884–1911 (her death) Dorothea Mavor 1916–46 (his death) |
| Children | George Butterworth (1885–1916) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives |
Joseph Butterworth (great grandfather) Hugh Butterworth (nephew) |
Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth, LLB, OL (1854–1946) was the General Manager of the North Eastern Railway and also chairman of the Railway Executive during the First World War. He was the father of the composer George Butterworth (1885–1916)
Butterworth was born on 4 December 1854 at Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of the Reverend George Butterworth of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and his wife Frances Maria Butterworth (née Kaye). Butterworth was a great grandson of the abolitionist Joseph Butterworth. He was educated at Marlborough College from August 1868 to March 1874, and then attended London University, where he graduated in 1877.
Butterworth married Julia Marguerite Wigan at St Margaret's, Westminster on 16 July 1884. Their son George became a composer. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Julia died in 1911. Butterworth was knighted in 1914. He married Dorothea Mavor in 1916.
Butterworth played rackets and rugby at school, as well as performing gymnastics. In 1874, he joined Clifton Rugby Football Club. He played tennis at Wimbledon in 1880, losing in the first round to R. T. Richardson 3-0.
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