Background
Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham, Wiltshire and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of John Lambe, of East Coulston, Wiltshire.
Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham, Wiltshire and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of John Lambe, of East Coulston, Wiltshire.
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He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. 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.
He was possibly admitted to Gray"s Inn on 2 February 1618. He was created a baronet on 18 March 1622.
In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire. 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 to his memory.
Button married Ruth Dunch, daughter of Walter Dunch of Avebury, Wiltshire.
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In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth.