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b. 8 July 1634, 2nd but 1st surv. s. James Butler, duke of Ormond, and Elizabeth (1615-84), suo jure Baroness Dingwall [S], da. of Richard Preston, earl of Desmond [I] and Lord Dingwall [S]; bro. Richard Butler, Baron Butler of Weston, earl of Arran [I]. educ. privately, tutor Thomas Page; Bodl. Carte 213, ff. 647-8. travelled abroad (France and Holland, 1648-52, 1657-60); Académie del Campo, Paris 1649-50; Evelyn Diary, iii. 2. DCL Oxf. 4 Feb. 1667. Boyle, Corresp. iii. 298. m. 1970, (with £10,000), Amilia, (d.1688), da. of Lodewyck (Ludwig) van Nassau, Bar. of Leck and Beverwaert, 6s. (4 d.v.p.), 6da. (3 d.v.p.). Carte, Life of Ormond, iv. 606; Collins Peerage (1812 edn) ix. 130. KG 30 Sept. 1672. d. 30 July 1680.
Offices Held

Jt. farmer of wine and brandy licences [I], Aug. 1660–?65; CSP Ire. 1660–62, p. 22; CSP Ire. 1663–65, pp. 597–8. PC [I], Dec. 1660–d.; CSP Ire. 1660–62, p. 141. mbr., council of Munster, 1660; CSP Ire. 1660–62, p. 161. lord deputy [I], 1664 – 65, 1668 – 69; gent. of bedchamber 1666–d.; CSP Ire. 1666–69, p. 85; Bodl. Carte 46, f. 284. PC 1666–79, HMC Var. ii. 394. Apr. 1680–d.; Add. 28938, ff. 50–51; HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 305. commr. of trade 1668 – 72; mbr. committee of Privy Council for trade and plantations, 1675 – 79; commr. of admiralty 26 Sept. 1677 – 14 May 1679; ld. chamberlain to Queen Catherine of Braganza Nov. 1676–d. CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 420.

Envoy extraordinary to France Nov. – Dec. 1672; special ambassador to Low Countries, Nov. 1674 – Jan. 1675.

Col. of ft. July – Oct. 1660, 1661; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. of Cromwell’s Army, 198, 488, 682. col. and capt. of ft. [I], Dec. 1660; Bodl. Carte 41, f. 262; Dalton, Irish Army Lists 1661–85, 4, 133; CSP Ire. col. and capt. tp. horse [I], Dec. 1661–d.; Dalton, Irish Army Lists 1661–85, 7, 131; Bodl. Carte 39, ff. 179–180. col. of ft. (Dutch army) 1678–d.; Bodl. Carte 59, f. 226; Dalton, Irish Army Lists 1661–85, 128; CSP Dom. lt. gen. of horse [I], 1661–74; Bodl. Carte 42, f. 112. lt. gen. [I], 1665–d.; CSP Ire. 1663–65, p. 625; CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 34. lt. gen. (Dutch service) Jan. – Aug. 1678; gov. Tangier July 1680 – d.; capt. RN 1666 (marines); rear-adm. of the blue 18 Apr. 1673; rear-adm. of the red 14 Aug. 1673–74; adm. of the fleet Sept. 1673.

Freeman, Bristol 1661, HP Commons, 1660–90, i. 756. Dublin 1670, Bodl. Carte 37, f. 486. Portsmouth 1675; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361. commr. assessment, Bristol 1661–3; 13 Car. II (stat. 2) c.3.; elder bro. Trinity House 1673, master 1675–6. Chaplin, Corp. of Trinity House, 12, 56.

MP [I], 1661 – 62.

Parlimentarian
BUTLER, Thomas, Earl of Ossory (1634-80), of Moor Park, Herts. and Dover House, Whitehall.
Associated with: Moor Park, Herts.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, studio of Sir P. Lely, c. 1678, NPG 371.

Author
Handley, Stuart
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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