Henry G. Butler

Henry G. Butler was an English-born magistrate and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Newfoundland and Labrador|Burin] in the Newfoundland and [Labrador House of Assembly] from 1837 to 1842.
He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and came to Newfoundland while still young. Butler was one of the commissioners who delivered Saint [Pierre and Miquelon|St. Pierre] to the French in 1814 following the Treaty of [Paris (1814)|Treaty of Paris]. After retiring from politics, he served as a stipendiary magistrate at Lamaline, where he died in 1847.