Family and Education
b. 15 June 1639, 5th s. James Butler, duke of Ormond and Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Dingwall [S], da. of Richard Preston, earl of Desmond [I]; bro. Thomas Butler, Bar. Butler of Moore Park and earl of Ossory [I]. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France and Holland) 1648-52, 1657-60; Académie del Campo, Paris 1649-50; G. Inn 1660. m. 1970 CSP Dom. 1664-5, p. 7; Stowe 744, f. 81. (with £20,000), Mary (d. 3 July 1668), CSP Ire. 1666-9, p. 619. suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts., da. of James Stuart†, duke of Richmond, and h. to her Esme Stuart, 2nd duke of Richmond, s.p.; (2) June 1673 (with £12,000), Dorothy (d. 30 Nov. 1716), da. and coh. of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warws., 4s. d.v.p. 2da. 1s. illegit. HJ, xlix. 690. d. 25 Jan. 1686; will 7 Jan. 1678, pr. 13 Jan. 1687. TNA, PROB 11/386, f. 3.
Offices Held
PC [I] 1663 – d.; aulnager [I] 1666–1717;
Col. of Gds. [I] 1662 – d., Irish horse by 1684
Custos rot. Co. Carlow [I] 1682 – d.
Gov. of Dublin 1666–d.,
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Alconbury Weston, Hunts.; Maddenstown, co. Kildare; Tullow, co. Carlow.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by unknown artist, National Trust, Hardwick Hall.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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