James Butler (1651–1696) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Arundel from 1679 to 1685Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) and 1690. Butler was a member of the wealthy Butler family who were influential figures in the county of Sussex. Butler himself was from Amberley, West Sussex.National Archives

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