BUTLER, James (1665-1745) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 29 Apr. 1665, 2nd but 1st surv. son Thomas Butler, Bar. Butler of Moore Park, styled earl of Ossory [I], and Amilia, da. of Lodewyk van Nassau, Herr van Beverweerd; bro. Charles Butler, Bar. Butler of Weston. educ. travelled abroad (Orange, France) 1678; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iv. 222–3, 238. Christ Church, Oxf. 1679, MA 1680, DCL 1683; MA (Dublin) 1680, LLB and LLD 1681; M. Temple 1683. m. (1) 20 July 1682, Anne (d. 1685), da. Laurence Hyde, earl of Rochester, 2da. (d.v.p.); (2) 3 Aug. 1685, Mary (d. 1733), da. Henry Somerset, duke of Beaufort, 1s. (d.v.p.), ?4da. (3 d.v.p.); 1s. illegit. Dukes of Ormonde 1610-1745, ed. J. Fenlon and T. Barnard, 10n, 215n. KG 1688–1715. d. 5 Nov. 1745.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber 1685 – 88, 1689 – 99; ld. high constable 1689; PC [I], 1690 – ?1715; PC 9 Apr. 1696 – Sept. 1714; ld. lt. Ire. 1703 – 07, 1710 – 13.

Freeman, Preston 1682; Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 180. steward, honour of Tutbury 1683–92; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-holders, 162. ld. lt. Som. 1691 – 1714; ld. lt. Norf. 1713; high steward, Westminster 1688 – 1715; high steward, Bristol 1688–1715; Merchants and Merchandise in Seventeenth-century Bristol, ed. P. McGrath (Bristol Rec. Soc. xix), 57. high steward, Exeter 1697–1715; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 445. constable Dover Castle and ld. warden Cinque Ports 1713–14. Post Boy, 30 July 1713, 7 Oct. 1714.

Col. of horse [I], 1683, 1703 – 13; col. Ft. Gds. 1686; HMC Ormonde, i. 35. col. 2nd tp. Lifeguards 1689 – 1712; col. 1st Ft. Gds. 1712; major-gen. 1692; lieut.-gen. 1694; gen. of horse 1702; c.-in-c. and capt.-gen. 1712.

Chan. Oxford 1688 – 1715; chan. Dublin 1688 – 1715; gov. Charterhouse 1688 – 1715.

Mbr. Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers 1685. P. McGrath, Records Relating to the Soc. of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol (Bristol Rec. Soc. xvii), 50.

Parlimentarian

BUTLER, James (1665-1745)

Likenesses

oil on canvas by or after M. Dahl, NPG 78; oil on canvas by W. Gandy, National Maritime Museum; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, National Trust, Hardwick Hall; mezzotint by J. Smith, after Kneller, NPG D3778; mezzotint by J. Smith, after Kneller, NPG 5727.

Author

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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