Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet

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Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), PC (Ire) (1670 17 April 1732) [1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

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He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. [2] In 1691, Butler was educated at Trinity College Dublin [3] and Lincoln's Inn. [2] In 1704, he succeeded his father as baronet. [1] Butler represented County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1715. [4] In 1712, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland. [5]

Marriage

In December 1697, he married Anne Galliard, daughter of Joshua Galliard. [6] Butler died without male issue and thus the baronetcy went to his nephew Richard. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "ThePeerage - Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Bt" . Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 189.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Carlow
1703–1715
With: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt 1703–1704
Thomas Burdett 1704–1713
Jeffrey Paul 1713–1715
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Cloughgrenan)
1704–1732
Succeeded by