Thomas Butts (1757–1845) was an English senior civil servant, and the leading patron to the artist and poet William Blake.

[2] He married Elizabeth Mary Cooper (1754–1825), who was a schoolmistress.

[3] They lived at number 9, Great Marlborough Street, Soho, London.

[1] Blake taught engraving to Butts' son.

[1] Blake created a number of miniatures of the Butts family during the period from about 1801 to 1809, and these are in the collection of the British Museum.