See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC See also:

• BUTT
• ISAAC BUTT (1813-1879)

BUTT (1813-1879)  , Irish lawyer .and Nationalist See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Glenfin, See also:

• DONEGAL

Donegal, in 1813, his See also:

• FATHER

father being the Episcopalian See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Stranorlar . Having won high honours at Trinity, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy in 1836 . In 1838 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and not only soon obtained a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good practice, but became known as a politician on the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Conservative See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, and an opponent of O'Connell . In 1844 he was made a Q.C . He figured in nearly all the important Irish See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law cases for many years, and was engaged in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith O'Brien in 1848, and of the See also:

• FENIANS, or FENIAN BROTHERHOOD

Fenians between 1865 and 1869 . In 1852 he was returned to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament by See also:

• YOUGHAL (pronounced Yawl)

Youghal as a Liberal-Conservative, and retained this seat till 1865; but his views gradually became more liberal, and he drifted away from his earlier opinions . His career in parliament was marred by his irregular habits, which resulted in pecuniary embarrassment, and between 1865 and 1870 he returned again to his See also:

• WORK

work at the law courts . The result, however, of the disestablishment of the Irish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church was to drive See also:

• BUTT
• BUTT, ISAAC (1813-1879)

Butt and other Irish Protestants into See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with the Nationalists, who had always repudiated the See also:

• ENGLISH

English connexion; and on 19th May 1870, at a large See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting in Dublin, Butt inaugurated the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home See also:

• RULE

Rule See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in a speech demanding an Irish parliament for See also:

• LOCAL

local affairs . On this See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform he was elected in 1871 for See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick, and found himself at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of an Irish Home Rule party of fifty-seven members . But it was an See also:

• ILL

ill-assorted union, and Butt soon found that he had little or no See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over his more aggressive followers . He had no liking for violent methods or for " obstruction " in parliament; and his leadership gradually became a nullity . His false position undoubtedly assisted in breaking down his See also:

• HEALTH

health, and he died in Dublin on the 5th of May 1879 .