Edmond Button (d.1652/53)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
William KeefeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1814
Update
Maximilian KeechBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672
Update
George KeenorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1840
Update
John KeeneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1668-1673
Update
John KeenanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809
Update
John KeenanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1812
Update
John James KeelingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1860
Update
Charles KeeleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1863
Update
John AireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
Update
James CollinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1811
See more...

Edmond Button

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1652CSORN
Last Known Service18.2.1652/53CSORN
Date of Death18.2.1652/53 - Battle of PortlandW015

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1652		Worcester (48) 1651-1703 British 48 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1660 Renamed "Dunkirk" , Lieutenant	NRS013
19.5.1652		Battle of Dover
30.11.1652		Battle of Dungeness
1653	18.2.1652/53	Sampson (22) 1652-1653 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
18.2.1652/53	20.2.1652/53	Battle of Portland

Notes on Officer

From: "House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 15 April 1653"W015
To the Widow of Captain Edmond Button, late Captain of the Samson Prize, who hath Four Children, the eldest not Nine Years, the Sum of Four hundred Pounds; the One Half thereof to herself, and the other Half to her Children.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

NRS013Samuel R. Gardiner, Book

W015Various, Web Site

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Monday 15th of June 2026 19:02	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Eurydice' (1781) (24) 1781-1834 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:59	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Topaze' (1793) (32) 1793-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:51	Jon Miller	British cutter 'Lively' (1784) (Unknown) 1784-1784 British Unknown Gun Unrated Cutter
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:48	Jon Miller	French Privateer 'La Manche' (1800) (20) 1800-1800 French 20 Gun Privateer Unknown
Monday 15th of June 2026 18:44	Jon Miller	British Sixth Rate ship 'Eurydice' (1781) (24) 1781-1834 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship

GDPR Statement