Who's Who in the Far East/O'BRIEN-BUTLER, Pierce Essex
O'BRIEN-BUTLER, Pierce Essex (AMOY) H.B.M. Consul, Hangchow; at present officiating at Amoy, b. Nov. 15, 1858; m. Mary Millicent, d. of late Thomas J. O. Weatherston of Barwick-on-Tweed, and Chinkiang. Educ.: Germany. Joined H.M. Consular Service, China, in 1880, as a student interpreter; promoted to Consul, 1899; called to the Bar, Middle Temple, 1895; Consul at Chefoo until April, 1906, when transferred to Amoy. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Amoy, China.