Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet

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Henrietta Percy
(m. 1728)
Sir Richard Butler
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Member of Parliament for County Carlow
In office
1730–1761
ServingwithRobert Burton
Relations Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet (grandfather)
Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet (uncle)
Edward Abney (grandfather)
Children10, including Thomas, Pierce
Parent(s)James Butler
Frances Abney Parker

Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699 25 November 1771) [1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

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Early life

He was the eldest son of James Butler and Frances ( née Abney) Parker Butler. His mother was the widow of Sir John Parker, who lived at Fermoyle in County Longford. [2]

His father was the second son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his mother was a daughter of Sir Edward Abney, MP for Leicester. [2]

Career

Butler represented County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1730 to 1761. [3]

In 1732, he succeeded his uncle Pierce as baronet. [1]

Personal life

In 1728, he married Henrietta Percy (1701–1794), daughter of Sir Henry Percy and Eliza ( née Paul) Percy. Her grandfather was Sir Anthony Percy, Lord Mayor of London in 1699. [4] Together, they had four sons and six daughters, including: [5]

Sir Richard died on 25 November 1771 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas. [5]

Descendants

His great-grandson, hereditary and absentee plantation owner Pierce Mease Butler, authorized The Great Slave Auction of 1859 to pay gambling debts.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 612.
  3. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (c.1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 258.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Butler, Pierce (2007). The Letters of Pierce Butler, 1790-1794: Nation Building and Enterprise in the New American Republic. University of South Carolina Press. p. 37. ISBN   978-1-57003-689-7 . Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. McGee, Thomas Darcy (1831). A History of the Irish Settlers in North America (2nd ed.). Boston: American Celt Office. p. 32.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Carlow
1730–1761
With: Robert Burton
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Cloughgrenan)
1732–1771
Succeeded by