George Butler

JB 's son George , with whom she had had a strained relationship for several years, was put in charge of final arrangements. According to one source, he deliberately delayed informing many of his mother's...

Two years after her husband's death, JB published her Recollections of George Butler, dedicated to her children and grandchildren.

In 1857 JB 's husband, George Butler became vice-principal of Cheltenham College , a public (fee-paying) secondary school for boys.

In June 1870 JB 's husband, George Butler , joined her at one such lecture at Chatham in Monmouthshire and spoke publicly to voice his support for his wife's activities. A member of the audience...

Glen Petrie notes that throughout Butler's campaigns and struggles, her husband had remained constant and unswerving in his support and devotion. Petrie notes that as her domestic mainstay, George was tireless, waiting to meet her...

Exactly one year from the date of her engagement, Josephine Grey married George Butler at Dilston.

JB 's husband, Canon George Butler , died.

Sources on Butler's life agree that she and her husband shared a most unusual relationship. According to one biographer, George Butler was a man of quite remarkable ability and power, who could have made a...

The year that witnessed the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (in April), also saw JB 's ostensible retirement from public life, in part to care for her ailing husband .

Their relocation was, however, only partly due to consideration for her health. One scholar notes that during their residence at Oxford, in a community dominated by distinguished intellectuals [JB ] was merely the wife...

JB and her family moved to Liverpool, where her husband became principal of Liverpool College (like Cheltenham, a public secondary school for boys). This move allowed her to expand the scope of her activities...

They were requested to produce this work by the Ladies' National Association for the Abolition of Government Regulation of Vice . It is primarily autobiographical since the Johnsons largely compiled it from her own publications:...

Together, JB and her husband travelled to Italy, Switzerland, and France, before George's failing health compelled them to return home.

Accompanied by her son Stanley and later by her husband , other children, and James Stuart , JB left for Europe to study the regulation of vice in France, Italy, and Switzerland.

George Butler , husband of JB , publicly announced his retirement. Though both he and his wife desired this respite for him, it left their financial situation somewhat precarious.