George Harris Butler (1840 – May 11, 1886)[1] the nephew of a Massachusetts Congressman, was appointed Consul General in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1870.
A missionary working in Alexandria, Reverend David Strang, attempted to intercede on behalf of the dismissed agents and eventually wrote to Ulysses S. Grant about the "corrupt management of consular affairs".
Strang also wrote that Butler and his companions demanded entertainment from dancing women performing "in puris naturalibus".
These were predominantly ex-Confederate soldiers/sailors, recruited by Thaddeus P. Mott and Charles Pomeroy Stone, who were helping the ruling Khedive to modernise his army.
Strogolo claimed that his boss Butler was often drunk, took bribes, opened mail addressed to others and instigated the shooting of the army officer.
[9] Their son Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Butler (1871-1904) married actress Alice Johnson, but died an early death.