Duke of Clarence of King Edward IV, in 1461. The Duke forfeited his title in 1478, after he had been convicted of treason against his brother. He allegedly met his end (according to William Shakespeare) by being drowned in a butt of Malmsey. A fourth creation in England was suggested and planned to take effect; the title of Duke of Clarence was going to be given to Lord Guilford Dudley, husband of Lady Jane Grey, upon her coronation, as she declined to make her husband king consort. However, she was deposed before this could take effect. Two double dukedoms, of Clarence and St
Butt (name) in 1675, John Butt who settled in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, in 1706 and Joseph Butt settled in Crockers Bay, Newfoundland, in the same year. The Butt family is claimed to be originally from the village named But in Normandy, France and is patronymic in origin. An early reference to a related surname dates back to 1266 where Conrad Dictus Butze is registered in Freiburg, Germany. Butt (name) Butt is a German and an English surname whose origins lie in the South West peninsula region of England. The surname Butt or Butts is said to be derived from the French word