Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1614 and 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War

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Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham, Wiltshire and his wife Jane Lamb, daughter of John Lamb, of Wiltshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 13 February 1601, aged 16. He was knighted at Whitehall on 15 July 1605. From 1611 to 1612 he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire

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. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Morpeth

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. He was possibly admitted to Gray's Inn

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 on 2 February 1618. He was created a baronet

Button Baronets

The Button Baronetcy, of Alton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 March 1622 for Sir William Button, Member of Parliament for Morpeth and Wiltshire. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1670 to 1671...

 on 18 March 1622. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wiltshire

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. He supported the king in the Civil War and was fined £2,880 on 2 January 1647.

Button died in 1655 and was buried at Wraxall, Wiltshire where there is a Monumental Inscription.

Button married Ruth Dukoh, daughter of Walter Dukoh of Avebury, Wiltshire. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son William.