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On 3rd November 1846 Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler was born to Thomas James Thompson [aged 34] and Christiana Weller [aged 21] at the Villa Claremont, Lausanne.
1869. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 22]. Self-portrait.
1874. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 27]. "Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea" aka "The Roll Call". Depicting a roll call of soldiers from the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War. It was taken to depict an occasion following the Battle of Inkerman in 1854
1877. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 30]. "The Return from Inkerman".
1875. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 28]. "The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras". Based the painting on the account of the battle in a book written by Captain William Siborne, the History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815, first published in 1844. The painting portrays the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, of the British Army, on 16 June 1815, at the Battle of Quatre Bras.
On 11th June 1877 Lieutenant-General William Francis Butler [aged 38] and Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 30] were married.
1879. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 32]. "The remnants of an army, Jellalabad, January 13, 1842" aka "Remnants of an Army". Depiction of William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, the only survivor, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842.
1880. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 33]. "The Defence of Rorke's Drift". Depicting the 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift which took place during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1877 to 1879.
1881. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 34]. "Scotland Forever!" A depiction of the start of the charge of the Royal Scots Greys, a British heavy cavalry regiment that charged with other British heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In 1881 [her father] Thomas James Thompson [aged 69] died.
1888-1889. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 41]. "To the front: French cavalry leaving a Breton city on the declaration of war".
1890. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 43]. "Within Sound of the Guns".
1890. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 43]. "Evicted".
In 1910 [her mother] Christiana Weller [aged 85] died.
On 7th June 1910 [her husband] Lieutenant-General William Francis Butler [aged 71] died at Bansha Castle, Tipperary.
1927. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 80]. "In the Retreat from Mons, The Royal Horse Guards".
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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1929. Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 82]. "A Detachment of Cavalry in Flanders".
On 2nd October 1933 Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler [aged 86] died.