 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neRoyal Engineers musi wa 21 November 1792 somutevedzeri wokutanga. Akava kaputeni musi wa 3 March 1797. Akashanda pakukombwa kweToulon, Bastia neCalviuye akanga ataurwa zvakanaka mumashoko aLord Hood pashure pokuzviisa pasi peBastia. PaBastia, de Butts naRoyal Artillery Lieutenant John Duncan vakakumbirwa naHoratio Nelson kuti vamubatsire kuongorora nzvimbo yekumhara. Pana 1 July 1806, De Butts akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel. Akava colonel muuto musi wa 4 June 1814 uye muRoyal Engineers musi wa 20 December. Kwemakore akati, akatungamirira Royal Engineers muJersey. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemajor general muna 1821 uye akagadzwa colonel commandant weRoyal Engineers muna 1827. Aigara muLondon. Akaitwa Knight Commander weRoyal Guelphic Order muna 1837 uye akaita lieutenant general. De Butts akaitwa mukuru mukuru muna 1851. De Butts akafa musi wa 28 November 1853. 