Sir William Button, 1st Baronet

Sir William Button, 1st Baronet (1584 – 16 January 1655) was an English landowner who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.

Button was the son of William Button, of Alton and of Tockenham Court, Wiltshire, and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of John Lambe, of East Coulston, Wiltshire.

He supported the king in the Civil War and was fined £2,880 on 2 January 1647.

[1] The family owned properties in Wiltshire at Alton Priors, Lyneham, Tockenham and North Wraxall.

[2][3] Button died in 1655 and was buried at North Wraxall where there is a monumental inscription to his memory.