Butler, Charles (1750–1832)

English lawyer and writer. From 1782–91 he was secretary of the committee for the repeal of penal laws, and in 1791 was the first to be called to the Bar under the terms of the Catholic Relief Act. Butler was educated at Douai College and, in 1775, entered Lincoln's Inn, where he became an eminent conveyancer. Among his works are Coke upon Littleton's Laws of England (1775), Reminiscences (1821–27), and Book of the Roman Catholic Church (1825).