by John Marshall

“ As a magistrate, he was zealous and active; as a husband, father, and friend, he was affectionate and kind; his loss will long be deplored by his widow and children, and regretted by a numerous and respectable circle of acquaintance. His first wife was Sarah, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Fuller, of Statenborough, in the parish of Eastry, Esq., by whom he had three sons, two of whom died infants, the other, William Fuller Boteler, Esq., barrister-at-law, is Recorder of Canterbury, and of the towns and ports of Sandwich, New Romney, and Deal. ”

“ Boteler joined the Scout 18, Captain Alex. R. Sharpe, in which sloop he continued until Aug. 1813; and then exchanged with the first lieutenant of the Nautilus 18, Captain Thomas Dench. In Dec. same year, his health requiring change of climate, he again exchanged, into the Eclair 18, Captain John Bellamy, in which sloop he returned home, and was subsequently employed on the Irish station. ”

“ Throughout his life, he was much attached to the study of antiquities, and, he made considerable collections for the history of his native parish, and the neighbourhing parts of East Kent. The substance of these collections was communicated by him to Mr. ”