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BUTLER, James (c.1651-96), of Amberley and Patcham, Suss.
Family and Education
b. c. 1651, 1st s. of James Butler, Clothworker, of London and Amberley by 2nd w. Prudence, da. of John van Acker, merchant, of London. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 5 May 1668, aged 17; travelled abroad c.1669. m. by 1674, Grace (d. 11 Nov. 1734), da. and coh. of Richard Caldicott of Sherrington, Selmeston, 1s. 4da. suc. fa 1660.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 22-23, 119; Dormant and Extinct Baronetcies, 540-1; Inhabitants of London in 1638 ed. Dale, i. 39.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Suss. 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, enclosures, Ashdown forest 1677; dep. lt. Suss. by 1683 – 85, j.p. 1690–d.
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Main residences: Amberley; Patcham, Suss.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BUTLER, Lord Richard (1639-86), of Alconbury Weston, Hunts.
Family and Education
b. 15 June 1639, 5th s. of James, 1st Duke of Ormonde, by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Dingwall [S], da. of Richard, 1st Earl of Desmond [I]; bro. of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France and Holland) 1648-52, 1657-May 1660; Académie del Campo, Paris 1649-50; G. Inn 1660. m. (1) 13 Sept. 1664 (with £20,000), Mary (d. 4 July 1668), suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, da. of James, 1st Duke of Richmond, and h. to her bro. Esmé, 2nd Duke, s.p.; (2) June 1673 (with £12,000), Dorothy (d. 30 Nov. 1716), da. and h. of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warws., 2s. d.v.p. 2da. cr. Earl of Arran [I] 13 May 1662, Baron Butler of Weston 27 Aug. 1673.CSP Dom. 1664-5, pp. 7, 9; 1683-4, p. 293; Carte, Ormond, iv. 220, 487; Evelyn Diary, iii. 2.
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Col. of Gds. [I] 1662 – d.; marshal of array [I] 1684–d. PC [I] 1663–d.; alnager [I] 1665 – d.; ld. deputy [I] 1682–5.
Commr. for assessment, Hunts. 1673 – 74; custos rot. co. Carlow [I] 1682 – d.; gov. Charles II’s hospital, Dublin 1683.
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Main residence: Alconbury Weston, Hunts.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BUTLER, Richard (1639-86)
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BUTLER, Sir James (c.1642-1704), of Westminster.
Family and Education
b. c. 1642, 2nd s. of Richard Butler of Ballykene, co. Waterford [I]. educ. L. Inn 1660, called 1667. m. (1) 15 Feb. 1669, Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Morgan of Colesbrook, Northants., wid. of Nicholas Moore of Crick, Mon., s.p.; (2) lic. 21 Dec. 1690, Mary Lewis of Westminster, s.p. Kntd. 29 Feb. 1672.Trans. Devon Assoc. xlvi. 177-8; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 228; PCC 22 Fane.
Offices Held
Steward of the palace court 1671 – 1700; solicitor-gen. to Queen Catherine of Braganza 1673 – 76, attorney-gen. 1676 – ?94; KC 1673 – 89; dep. justice in eyre 1680; asst. corp. of the poor 1691.
J.p. Surr. and Mdx. 1672 – 95, Westminster by 1680 – at least82, Devon June 1688–9, Essex and Kent by 1690 – 95; bencher, L. Inn 1673, treas. 1674 – 75, June – Nov. 1703, reader 1676, dean 1693; commr. for assessment, Surr. and Mdx. 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Southwark and Mdx. by 1680-at least Jan. 1688; recorder, Tavistock 1682 – Oct. 1688; master, St. Katharine’s hospital 1684–98.
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Main residence: Westminster.
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BUTLER, Sir James (c.1642-1704)
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BUTLER, Thomas, Earl of Ossory (1634-80), of Moor Park, Herts. and Dover House, Whitehall.
Family and Education
b. 8 July 1634, 2nd s. of James, 1st Duke of Ormonde, and bro. of Lord Richard Butler. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France and Holland) 1648-52, 1657-May 1660; Académie del Campo, Paris 1649-50. m. 7 Nov. 1659 (with £10,000), Amilia, da. of Lodewyk van Nassau, lord of Beverweerd, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. summ. to House of Lords [I] as Earl of Ossory 8 Aug. 1662; cr. Lord Butler of Moore Park 14 Sept. 1666; KG 30 Sept. 1672.
Offices Held
Jt. farmer of wine and brandy licences [I] Aug. 1660 – d.; PC [I] Dec. 1660 – d.; ld. deputy [I] 1664 – 65, 1668 – 69; gent. of the bedchamber 1666 – d.; PC 1666 – 79, Apr. 1680 – d.; commr. for trade 1668 – 72; envoy to France 1672; elder bro. Trinity House 1673, master 1675 – 76; ld. of the Admiralty 1675 – 79; ld. chamberlain to Queen Catherine of Braganza 1676–d.
Col. of ft. July – Oct. 1660, 1661, (Dutch army) 1678 – 80; lt.-gen. of horse [I] 1661 – 74; lt.-gen. [I] 1665 – d.; capt. RN 1672, rear-adm. of the blue May 1673, v.-adm. of the red Sept. 1673–4; lt.-gen. (Dutch service) Jan. – Aug. 1678; gov. Tangier July 1680–d.
Freeman, Bristol 1661, Dublin 1670, Portsmouth 1675; commr. for assessment, Bristol 1661–3.
MP [I] 1661 – 62.
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Main residences: Moor Park, Herts.; Dover House, Whitehall.
Notes
This biography is based upon Carte, Ormond, iv. 589-606.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BUTLER, Thomas (1634-80)
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