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Mountgarret, Viscount (I, 1550)

 

Creation: let. pat. 23 Oct 1550

 

Family name: Butler later Rawson-Butler later Butler

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Per fess Sable and Azure a Quadrangular Castle with four Towers between three Martlets all Argent (Rawson);  2nd and 3rd, Or a Chief indented Azure a Crescent for difference (Butler)

Crests:

1st:  An Eagle's Head per fess Sable and Azure guttée d'Or holding in the beak two Annulets interlaced paleways Or (Rawson);  2nd:  Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Plume of Five Ostrich Feathers Argent therefrom a Falcon rising of the last (Butler)

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Falcon wings inverted Argent armed membered and belled Or;  Sinister:  a Male Griffin Argent armed collared and chained Or

Motto:

Depressus Extollor (I am exalted by depression)

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Richard [Butler], 1st Viscount Mountgarret

2nd son of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde later 1st Earl of Ossory, by his wife Lady Margaret FitzGerald, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Gerald [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Kildare

born

mar. (1)

Catherine Barnewall, dau. and hrss. of Peter Barnewall, of Stackallan, co. Meath

only child by first wife

1. ..... Butler (dvp. an infant)

mar. (2)

1541 (div. 1541) Hon Anne Plunkett (mar. (2) William Fleming), only dau. of John [Plunkett], 4th Baron Killeen, by his first wife Hon Margaret Preston, dau. by his first wife of William [Preston], 2nd Viscount Gormanston

mar. (3)

(div. 1546) Eleanor Tobin (widow of Thomas Tobin, of Killaghy, co. Tipperary; mar. (3) John FitzGibbon, the White Knight), dau. of Sir John FitzGerald, styled Earl of Desmond

mar. (4)

his cousin Ellen/Evelyn Butler (d. after 4 Jun 1575), dau. of Theobald Butler, of Neigham, co. Kilkenny

children by fourth wife

2. Hon Edmund Butler, later 2nd Viscount Mountgarret

3. Hon Piers Butler, mar. Margaret Devereux, dau. of Sir Nicholas Devereux, the elder, of Ballymagin, co. Wexford, and has issue

4. Hon Thomas Butler, mar., and had issue

5. Hon John Butler, mar., and had issue

1. Hon Margaret Butler (dsp.), mar. Sir Nicholas Devereux, the younger, of Ballymagin, co. Wexford

2. Hon Ellice Butler, mar. Walter Walsh, of Castlehoel, co. Kilkenny, and had issue

3. Hon Eleanor Butler, mar. (1) Thomas Tobin, of Campshinagh, co. Tipperary, (2) Gerald Blanchville, of Blanchvillstown, co. Kilkenny, and (3) bef. Oct 1598 as his first wife Thomas [Butler], 2nd Baron Caher, and had issue

died

20 Dec 1571 (bur. in St Canice, Kilkenny)

created

23 Oct 1550 Viscount Mountgarret

suc. by

son by fourth wife

note

received a grant of Bantry and other properties 1537; aided the Lord Deputy against the O'Connors 1537; Keeper of Ferns Castle 1538; knighted 1546/7; in the grant creating the Viscountcy of Mountgarret he is described as "Richardus Butler, Miles, filius secondo genitus Petri Buler, Militis, nuper Comitis Ormond et Ossory defuncti"; he has been said by some also to have been created Baron of Kells, but no mention is made of this title in the grant (Editor's Note: the Editor has been informed that the 17th Viscount Moutgarret assigned all his rights in the "Barony of Kells" to a Dr Butler, whose exact relationship to the late Viscount is not known. Not only is there no evidence of a Barony of Kells being granted to the 1st Viscount Moutgarret, but even if it was so granted a Parliamentary title, which is what this title would have been had it been granted to the 1st Viscount Mountgarret, can only be assigned by the Crown following a surrender and re-grant of the original title, a process not known within the Peerage of Ireland.)

 

Edmund [Butler], 2nd Viscount Mountgarret

born

mar.

his cousin Hon Grizel Fitzpatrick, dau. of Barnaby [Fitzpatrick], 1st Baron of Upper Ossory, by his first wife Lady Margaret Butler, 1st dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde later 1st Earl of Ossory

children

1. Hon Richard Butler, later 3rd Viscount Mountgarret

2. Hon James Butler, of Tinnahinch, co. Carlow, and Ballyboro, co. Wexford, a cavalry commander for the Confederate army 1664, mar., and had issue

3. Hon Edward Butler, joined his eldest brother in Tyrone's rebellion

4. Hon Thomas Butler, joined his eldest brother in Tyrone's rebellion

5. Hon Theobald Butler, of Lisdowney, co. Kilkenny, mar. Lettice FitzGerald, dau. of Gerald FitzGerald, of Timogue, Queen's County, and had issue

6. Hon John Butler, a general in the Confederate horse 1642

7. Hon Gilbert Butler (d. after 1631)

8. Hon Piers Butler, of Killagheen, co. Tipperary (d. after 1631)

1. Hon Helen Butler (d. 28 Jan 1632; bur. in St Canice's Church, Kilkenny), mar. bef. Mar 1596/7 her second cousin Walter [Butler], 11th Earl of Ormonde and 4th Earl of Ossory, and had issue

2. Hon Eleanor Butler, mar. Morgan MacBryan Kavanagh, of co. Carlow, and had issue

3. Hon Ellen Butler, mar. Sir Lucas Shee, of Upper Court, co. Kilkenny, and had issue

4. Hon Mary Butler, mar. (1) Piers Butler, son of Sir Edmond Butler, of Cloughgrenan, (2) Brian O'Connor, of Derrymullan, co. Offaly (d. 1621), and (3) Calvach O'Molloy, of Rathlihen, co. Offaly

5. Hon Margaret Butler, mar. Oliver Grace, of Carney, co. Tipperary

6. Hon Anne Butler, mar. Edward [Butler], 1st Viscount of Galmoye, and had issue

7. Hon Joan Butler, mar. William O'Farrell, of Ballintober, co. Longford

8. Hon Ellice/Elizabeth Butler, mar. Walter Dalton, of Killmodally, co. Kilkenny

died

24 Nov 1602 (bur. in St Canice, Kilkenny)

suc. by

son

note

he joined Tyrone's rebellion in 1598 but was pardoned and his lands restored in 1600

 

Richard [Butler], 3rd Viscount Mountgarret

born

c. 1578

mar. (1)

shortly bef. 8 Oct 1596 Lady Margaret O'Neill (d. after Dec 1600), 4th dau. of Hugh [O'Neill], 3rd Earl of Tyrone, by his second wife Joanna O'Donnell, dau. of Hugh MacManus O'Donnell

children by first marriage

1. Hon Edmund Butler, later 4th Viscount Mountgarret

2. Hon Edward Butler, commanded the Confederate garrison at Urlingford Castle 1642 (d. 1652, being executed by Cromwell's forces), mar. Mary FitzPatrick, dau. of Edmund FitzPatrick

3. Hon Richard Butler, commanded the Confederate garrison at Kilkenny Castle 1646

1. Hon Elizabeth Butler (d. 26 Aug 1636), mar. Sir Walter Butler, 1st Bt., of Paulstown, co. Kilkenny, and had issue

2. Hon Ellice Butler, mar. Andrew FitzPatrick, son of Edmund FitzPatrick

3. Hon Margaret Butler (d. 6 Aug 1635), mar. 1631 Sir Richard Belling, Secretary to the Supreme Council of the Confederation of kilkenny, and had issue

4. Hon Ellen Butler, mar. Philip Purcell, of Ballyfoyle, and had issue

5. Hon Joan Butler (d. 1633), mar. (1) Sir Richard Masterton, of Ferns, and (2) Sir Philip Paulet, of Garrylough, co. Wexford, and had issue

mar. (2)

bef. 1617/8 Thomasine/Elizabeth Freeman (widow of Sir Francis Freeman, of Billing, co. Northampton; dsp. 1625), dau. of Sir William Andrews, of Lathbury, co. Buckingham, by his wife Elizabeth Willcocks, dau. and cohrss. of William Willcocks, of Old Romney, co. Kent

mar. (3)

bef. 23 Jul 1631 Margaret Spencer (widow of Sir Thomas Spencer, 1st Bt., of Yarnton, co. Oxford;  d. 16 Dec 1655; bur. at Yarnton, co. Oxford), dau. of Richard Branthwaite, Serjeant-at-Law

died

1651 (bur. in St Canice, Kilkenny)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

he joined his father-in-law's rebellion in 1598 but was pardoned in 1600; a Commissioner in co. Kilkenny for raising money for the Army; appointed Joint Governor of co. Kilkenny with his cousin the Earl of Ormond at the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion by the Confederation of Kilkenny; he changed sides and took Kilkenny Castle for the rebels and invaded Munster; he was defeated by the Earl of Ormond at the Battle of Kilrush 1642; President of the Supreme Council of the Confederation of Kilkenny 1642-48; he was defeated at the Battle of Liscarrol 1642 but remained in office as General of the Irish until later that same year; present at the defeat of the Irish by the Earl of Ormond at the Battle of New Ross 1643 and with his son Edward at the capture by the Irish of Borass Castle and Ballynakilly later the same year; negotiated a peace settlement in 1646; after his death he was excepted from pardon under Cromwell's Act 1652

 

Edmund "Roe" [Butler], 4th Viscount Mountgarret

born

c. 1595

mar. (1)

Lady Dorothy Touchet (d. 10 Feb 1635; bur. in St Canice, Kilkenny), 2nd dau. of Mervyn [Touchet], 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, by his 1st wife Elizabeth Barnham, dau. of Benedict Barnham, Alderman of London

children by first wife

1. Hon Richard Butler, later 5th Viscount Mountgarret

2. James Butler (dvp. young)

1. Hon Margaret Butler (d. unm.)

2. Hon Elizabeth Butler (dsp.), mar. ..... Sutton, of co. Wexford

mar. (2)

1635 Anne Thatcher (widow of William Thatcher;  dsp. 1636), dau. of Sir Thomas Tresham, of Rushden, co. Northampton, by his wife Muriel Throckmorton, dau. of Sir Robert Throckmorton MP, of Coughton Court, co. Warwick, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Hussey, 2nd dau. by his second wife of John [Hussey], 1st Baron Hussey

mar. (3)

1637 Elizabeth Conyers (widow of William Conyers, of Sockborne, co. Durham;  d. 18 Feb 1674; bur. in St Michan's, Dublin), dau. of Sir George Symeon, of Britwell, co. Oxford, by his first wife Mary Vaux, 1st dau. and eventually sole hrss. of Hon George Vaux (by his wife Hon Elizabeth Roper, dau. of John [Roper], 1st Baron Teynham), 1st son by his second wife of William [Vaux], 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

children by third wife

3. Hon Edward Butler, of Ballyraggett, co. Kilkenny, mar. Elizabeth Mathew, dau. of George Mathew, of Thomastown, co. Tipperary, and had issue

3. Hon Elizabeth Butler

died

betw. 5 Apr and 24 Jun 1679

suc. by

son by first wife

note

joined his father in supporting the rebellion 1641; Governor of Kilkenny 1646; Capt in the army of King Charles II when in exile, by whom he was pardoned from all insurrections 1660; his lands were restored to him 1661; one of the Roman Catholic nobles who presented a remonstrance to King Charles 1663

 

Richard [Butler], 5th Viscount Mountgarret

born

mar. (1)

Sep 1661 Emilia Blundell (d. 1682), dau. of William Blundell, of Crosby, co. Lancaster, by his wife Anna Haggerston, 2nd dau. of Col Sir Thomas Haggerston, 1st Bt., of Haggerston Castle

children by first wife

1. Hon Edmund Butler, later 6th Viscount Mountgarret

2. Hon Richard Butler (b. 1660), mar. 1690 Lady Hamilton, and had issue

3. Hon James Butler. in Flanders in 1694 (b. 1675), mar., and had issue

mar. (2)

his third cousin Margaret Butler (widow of Gilbert Butler, of Tenchinch, co. Carlow; d. after Oct 1703), dau. of Richard Shee, of Shee's Court, co. Kilkenny

died

27 Feb 1706/7 (bur. at Sefton, co. Lancaster)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

a Capt in the French army; imprisoned in Liverpool 1658 and also in Dublin Castle 1678 for being a Roman Catholic; refused to take the Oath of Supremacy on taking his seat in the Irish House of Lords 1692; following a resolution by the Irish House of Lords 1697 the outlawry of his grandfather, Richard, Viscount Mountgarret, was reversed

 

Edmund [Butler], 6th Viscount Mountgarret

born

17 Jul 1663

mar. (1)

bef. 15 Feb 1691 Mary Buchanan, dau. of ..... Buchanan, of Londonderry

children by first wife

1. Hon Richard Butler, later 7th Viscount Mountgarret

2. Hon James Butler, later 8th Viscount Mountgarret

3. Hon Edmund Butler, later 9th Viscount Mountgarret

1. Hon Emilia Butler (dsp.), mar. 1712 Hugh Reilly, of Ballinlough, co. Meath

mar. (2)

9 Aug 1715 Elizabeth Grace (widow of Oliver Grace;  d. 13 Jun 1736; bur. in St Giles's-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex), dau. of John Bryan, of Bawnmore, co. Kilkenny, by his second wife Ursula Walsh, dau. and cohrss. of Walter Walsh, of Castle Hoel, co. Kilkenny

died

25 Jul 1735 (bur. in St Canice, Kilkenny)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Lt Col of Horse in the Irish Army of King James II in 1689, where he led a forlorn hope against Londonderry but was taken prisoner and outlawed; in 1715 the Irish House of Lords decided that the two outlawries of his great-grandfather Richard, Viscount Mountgarret, had not been reversed in 1697 and therefore his name should be removed from the Roll of Irish Peers but in 1721 the outlawries of 1641 were declared reversed; on taking his seat in the House he took the Oath of Allegiance but not the Oath of Supremacy and withdrew

 

Richard [Butler], 7th Viscount Mountgarret

born

bef. 15 Feb 1691

mar.

19 Oct 1711 Catherine O'Neill (d. 15 Apr 1739; bur. in St Michan's, Dublin), dau. of John O'Neill, of Edenduffcarrick or Shane's Castle, co. Antrim, by his wife Charity Dixon, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Richard Dixon, of Colverstown, co. Kildare

died

s.p. 14 May 1736 (bur. in St George's Church, Dublin)

suc. by

brother

 

James [Butler], 8th Viscount Mountgarret

born

mar.

Jan 1736 Margaret Barnewall, 2nd dau. of John Barnewall, de jure 11th Baron Trimlestown, by his wife Margaret Barnewall, dau. of Sir John Barnewall, of Ballybrittan

died

s.p. 13 May 1742

suc. by

brother

note

served in the Imperial Army, distinguishing himself in the campaign on the Rhine 1735

 

Edmund [Butler], 9th Viscount Mountgarret

born

mar.

Anne Purcell (d. Oct 1773), 1st dau. of Maj Toby Purcell, of Ballymartin and Cloghpooke, co. Kilkenny, by his wife Alice Tirwhit, dau. and cohrss. of Edmund Tirwhit, of Bishopslough, co. Kilkenny

children

1. Hon Edmund Butler, later 10th Viscount Mountgarret

died

6 Mar 1750/1 (bur. in the Barony Church, near Ballyconra, co. Kilkenny)

suc. by

son

note

conformed to the Established Church 1736 and took his seat in the Irish House of Lords 1749

 

Edmund [Butler], 10th Viscount Mountgarret

born

mar.

1744 Charlotte Bradstreet (d. 27 Mar 1778; bur. in the Barony Church, Ballyconra, co. Kilkenny), 2nd dau. of Sir Simon Bradstreet, 1st Bt., by his wife Ellen Bradstreet, dau. of Samuel Bradstreet, of Tinnescolly, co. Kilkenny

children

1. Hon Edmund Butler, later 11th Viscount Mountgarret

2. Rev Hon Richard Butler, Rector of Tullophelin, co. Carlow (d. 1795)

3. Hon Simon Butler, barrister-at-law (b. c. 1749; d. 19 May 1797), mar. 18 Jan 1795 Eliza Lynch, dau. of Edward Lynch, of Hampstead, co. Dublin, and had issue

1. Hon Elinor Butler (b. c. 1747; dvp. 18 Apr 1762)

2. Hon Anne Emma Butler (d. 1786), mar. Lt Col William Jephson, of The Castle, Mallow, co. Cork

died

9 Feb 1779 (bur. with his wife in the Barony Church, Ballyconra, co. Kilkenny)

suc. by

son

note

admitted barrister-at-law, Middle Temple 1749

 

Edmund [Butler], 11th Viscount Mountgarret

born

27 Jul 1745

mar.

7 Oct 1768 Lady Henrietta Butler (b. 15 Aug 1750; d. 16 Jun 1785; bur. at Thomastown, co. Kilkenny), 2nd dau. of Somerset Hamilton [Butler], 1st Earl of Carrick, by his wife Lady Juliana Boyle, only dau. by his second wife of Henry [Boyle], 1st Earl of Shannon

children

1. Hon Edmund Butler, later 12th Viscount Mountgarret later 1st Earl of Kilkenny

2. Hon Somerset Richard Butler (b. Dec 1771; dsp. 18 Apr 1826), mar. Jane Kelly (widow of Daniel Kelly), 1st dau. of Arthur French, of French Park, co. Roscommon

3. Hon Henry Butler, of Linton, co. York (b. 16 Feb 1773; d. 6 Dec 1842), mar. 3 Feb 1811 Anne Harrison (d. 19 May 1857), yst. dau. and cohrss. of John Harrison, of Newton House, co. York, and had issue:

1a. Henry Edmund Butler, later 13th Viscount Mountgarret

1a. Hon Anne Henrietta Butler, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1855 (dsp. 15 May 1866), mar. 26 Aug 1863 Capt James Little JP, of Bovennet House, co. Down, and Cliff Castle, co. Dublin

2a. Hon Juliana Jemima Butler, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1855 (d. 19 Feb 1873), mar. 20 Sep 1842 Thomas Clifton Wilkinson, of Newall House, co. York, and had issue

3a. Hon Charlotte Butler, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Viscount by Royal Warrant 1855 (dsp. 23 Oct 1894), mar. 20 Jun 1865 John Stedman Christie, of Newton House, co. Lanark

4. Col Hon Pierce Butler MP (b. 6 May 1784; d. 13 Jun 1846), mar. 1800 Anne March (d. 1872), dau. of Thomas March, of Lisburne, and had issue

1. Hon Charlotte Juliana Butler (b. 6 Aug 1778; d. 26 Oct 1830), mar. 7 Aug 1799 Col John Carrington Smith

died

16 Jul 1793

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for co. Kilkenny 1776-79

 

Edmund [Butler], 12th Viscount Mountgarret later 1st Earl of Kilkenny

born

6 Jan 1771

mar.

8 Jun 1793 Mildred Fowler (d. 30 Dec 1830), 1st dau. of Most Rev Robert Fowler DD, Archbishop of Dublin 1779-1801, by his wife Mildred Dealtry, 1st dau. of William Dealtry, of Gainsborough, co. Lincoln

died

s.p. 16 Jul 1846 (bur. in the Barony Church, Ballyconra, co. Kilkenny)

created

2 Dec 1793 Earl of Kilkenny (Peerage of Ireland)

suc. by

nephew

note

insane since 1799; on his death the Earldom of Kilkenny became extinct

 

Henry Edmund [Butler], 13th Viscount Mountgarret

born

24 Jan 1816

mar.

11 Mar 1844 Frances Penelope Rawson (b. 21 Apr 1825; d. 19 Oct 1886; bur. at Nidd, co. York), only child and hrss. of Thomas Rawson, of Nidd Hall, co. York, by his wife Frances Penelope Plumbe-Tempest, 3rd dau. of John Plumbe-Tempest, of Tong Hall, co. York

children

1. Hon Henry Edmund Butler later Rawson-Butler later Butler, later 14th Viscount Mountgarret

1. Hon Frances Sarah Butler (b. 20 Nov 1845; dsp. 23 Feb 1916), mar. 29 Sep 1892 Edward Arthur Whittuck, of Claverton Manor, nr Bath, co. Somerset (d. 10 Mar 1924), son of Whittuck Whittuck, of Hanham, co. Gloucester

died

26 Aug 1900

suc. by

son

 

Henry Edmund [Butler later Rawson-Butler later Butler], 14th Viscount Mountgarret

born

18 Dec 1844

mar. (1)

1 Oct 1868 Mary Eleanor Charlton (d. 12 May 1900), only dau. of Sir John Chiverton Charlton, of Apley Castle, co. Shropshire, by his second wife and cousin Anne Charlton, 3rd dau. of Philip Charlton, of Wytheford Hall, co. Shropshire

children by first wife

1. Hon Edmund Somerset Butler, later 15th Viscount Mountgarret

1. Hon Elinor Frances Butler (b. 25 Nov 1869; d. 8 Dec 1943), mar. (1) 28 Feb 1889 Capt Andrew Sherlock Lawson JP DL, of Aldborough Manor and Boroughbridge Hall, co. York (b. 22 Feb 1855; d. 20 Aug 1914), 1st son and heir of Andrew Sherlock Lawson JP DL, of Aldborough Manor and Boroughbridge Hall, co. York, by his wife Isabella Grant, 2nd dau. of John Grant, of Nuttall Hall, co. Lancaster, and (2) Jan 1918 Alfred James Bethell, of The Abbey, Storrington (d. 28 Oct 1920), and had issue by her first husband

2. Hon Ethel Mary Butler (b. 11 Jun 1871; d. 27 Jan 1926), mar. 2 Mar 1897 Henry Rimington Wilson (d. 17 May 1915), 2nd son of James Rimington Wilson, of Bromhead Hall, co. York, and had issue

3. Hon Kathleen Grace Butler, twin (b. 1 Feb 1875; dvp. 30 Aug 1875)

mar. (2)

5 Feb 1902 Robinia Marion Hanning-Lee OBE (d. 13 Dec 1944), dau. of Col Edward Hanning Lee later Hanning-Lee, of Bighton Manor, Alresford, co. Hampshire, by his wife Georgiana Emma Marjoribanks, dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, of Bushey Hall, co. Hertford

only child by second wife

2. Hon Piers Henry Augustine Butler, later 16th Viscount Mountgarret

died

2 Oct 1912 (bur. at Nidd, co. York)

created

20 Jun 1911 Baron Mountgarret, of Nidd Hall in the West Riding of the County of York

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Lieut, 1st Life Guards; took the additional name and arms of Rawson by Royal Licence 1891, but resumed the name of Butler only by a later licence; High Sheriff of West Yorkshire 1895

 

Edmund Somerset [Butler], 15th Viscount Mountgarret

born

1 Feb 1875

mar.

1 Jun 1897 Cecily Grey (b. 30 Mar 1877; mar. (2) 12 Jul 1919 Lt Col Charles Henry Hoare later Grey DSO, of Earlybank House, Stalybridge, co. York, and of West Lodge, Malton, co. York;  d. 8 Apr 1961), 2nd dau. of Arthur Duncombe later Grey, of Sutton Hall, Easingwold, co. York, and of Bradgate House, co. Leicester, by his wife Katharine Henrietta Venezia Milbank, 1st dau. of Henry John Milbank, of Newsham, co. York, by his first wife Lady Margaret Henrietta Maria Grey, sister and hrss. in her issue of George Harry [Grey], 7th Earl of Stamford, and only dau. of Hon George Harry Grey, styled Lord Grey of Groby

died

s.p. 22 Jun 1918

suc. by

half-brother

 

Piers Henry Augustine [Butler], 16th Viscount Mountgarret

born

28 Aug 1903

mar. (1)

15 Oct 1931 (div. 1941) (Eglantine Marie) Elizabeth Christie (mar. (2) 1956 Rear-Admiral Patrick Vivian McLaughlin CB DSO), 1st dau. of William Lorenzo Christie, of Jervaulx Abbey, Middleham, co. York, by his first wife Eglantine Marie Limoges, 2nd dau. of Joseph Limoges, of High River and Montreal, Canada

children by first wife

1. Hon Richard Henry Piers Butler, later 17th Viscount Mountgarret

1. Hon Sarah Elizabeth Ann Butler (b. 26 Dec 1932), mar. 5 Nov 1955 (div. 1976) Geoffrey Kenneth Sefton Raynar, 2nd son of Joseph Percival Raynar, of Bilton Hall, co. York, and has issue

mar. (2)

14 Nov 1941 Elise Margarita Barran (b. 3 Jun 1906; dsp. 8 Aug 1968), only dau. of Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Bt., of Sawley Hall, Ripon, co. York, by his first wife Alice Margarita Parks, 1st dau. of Rev Leighton Parks DD, Rector of St Bartholomew's Church, New York, USA

died

2 Aug 1966

suc. by

son by first wife

 

Richard Henry Piers [Butler], 17th Viscount Mountgarret

born

8 Nov 1936

mar. (1)

20 May 1960 (div. 1970) Gillian Margaret Buckley (mar. (2) 1978 as his second wife John Osmael [Scott-Ellis], 9th Baron Howard de Walden), only dau. of Cyril Francis Stuart Buckley, of St Leonard's Terrace, London

children by first wife

1. Hon Piers James Richard Butler, later 18th Viscount Mountgarret

2. Hon Edmund Henry Richard Butler, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Mountgarret, of 2359 Grant Road, Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada (b. 1 Sep 1962), mar. 1988 (div. 19...) Adelle I Lloyd, only dau. of M Lloyd, of New York, USA

1. Hon Henrietta Elizabeth Alexandra Butler (b. 4 Nov 1964), mar. 1991 (div. 19...) Robert Cluer, only son of Henry Cluer, of South Africa

mar. (2)

29 Apr 1970 (div. 1983) Jennifer Susan Melville Fattorini (former wife of David William Fattorini, of Sawley Hall, Ripon, co. York), 2nd dau. of Capt (Walter) Douglas Melville Wills CBE, of Barley Wood, Wrington, co. Somerset

mar. (3)

25 May 1983 Angela Ruth Waddington (former wife of John Waddington), 1st dau. of Maj Thomas G Porter, of The Croft, Church Fenton, Tadcaster, co. York

died

7 Feb 2004

suc. by

son by first wife

 

Piers James Richard [Butler], 18th Viscount Mountgarret

born

15 Apr 1961

mar. (1)

2 Sep 1995 (div. 19...) Laura Brown Gary Williams, dau. of Albert Dickens Williams Jr, of Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

children by first wife

1. Hon Alexa Sterling Hadley Butler (b. 16 Feb 1997)

2. Hon Morgan Dickins Somerset Butler (b. 14 May 1999)

mar. (2)

30 Dec 2006 Fenella M Fawcus, dau. of David Fawcus, of Keevil, co. Wiltshire

only child by second wife

3. Hon Venetia Ellice Cara Butler (b. 25 Sep 2013)

 

The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Mountgarret is Hon Edmund Henry Richard Butler, 2nd son of the 17th Viscount Mountgarret and younger brother of the present Viscount.

 

Viscount Mountgarret is de jure 27th Earl of Ormonde and 21st Earl of Ossory following the death of the 7th Marquess of Ormonde in 1997.

 

 Last updated 17 Apr 2017

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Titles:

18th Viscount Mountgarret

(Ireland, let. pat. 23 Oct 1550)

5th Baron Mountgarret, of Nidd in the West Riding of the County of York

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Jun 1911)

 

Address:

Stainley House, South Stainley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 3LX

Tel:  01423 770087

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