Lieutenant Colonel John Butler

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Lieutenant Colonel John Butler was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War, best known for leading the irregular frontier unit known as Butler’s Rangers.

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Lieutenant Colonel John Butler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Loyalist military officer ⓘ
Loyalist military unit ⓘ
human ⓘ
militia officer ⓘ
afterTheWar settled in Upper Canada ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
Loyalists ⓘ
linked to: American Loyalists

Province of New York ⓘ
birthDate 1728 ⓘ
birthPlace Connecticut Colony ⓘ
New London, Connecticut Colony ⓘ
burialPlace Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Niagara-on-the-Lake
child Walter Butler (son) ⓘ
commander John Butler ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French and Indian War ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1796 ⓘ
deathPlace Newark, Upper Canada ⓘ
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Niagara-on-the-Lake
employer British Indian Department ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish descent ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
father Walter Butler ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
knownFor leading Loyalist and Indigenous raids on the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
militaryUnitCommanded Butler’s Rangers ⓘ
notableEvent organized Loyalist settlement in the Niagara region ⓘ
notableFor command of Butler’s Rangers ⓘ
notableWork organization of Butler’s Rangers as an irregular frontier corps ⓘ
occupation Indian Department official ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Wyoming ⓘ
Cherry Valley massacre ⓘ
linked to: Cherry Valley raid
propertyConfiscatedBy State of New York ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Mohawk Valley, Province of New York ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk Valley

Niagara, Upper Canada ⓘ
Schenectady, Province of New York ⓘ
role deputy superintendent in the Indian Department ⓘ
serviceBranch British provincial troops ⓘ
Butler’s Rangers ⓘ
spouse Catherine Bradt ⓘ
workedWith Iroquois allies ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Butler’s Rangers → hasCommanderRank → Lieutenant Colonel John Butler ⓘ
Battle of Newtown → associatedPeople → Lieutenant Colonel John Butler ⓘ