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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Alconbury Weston, Hunts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BUTLER, Richard (1639-86)
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Oxford 1644
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