WESTMORELAND, honours now enjoyed by his lordship's descendant, Francis-William-Henry Fane, 12th EARL OF WESTMORELAND, C.B. Lord Burghersh m. 2ndly, Margaret, sister of Bartholomew Lord Badlesmere, but had no issue. His lordship d. in 1369, in which year, his last will and testament bears date, at London, 4 April. By this instrument he directs that his body be interred in the chapel of Massingham, before the image of the blessed Virgin; that a dirge be there said, and in the morning a mass; and that a dole should be daily given to the poor of that place, at the discretion of his executors. To Sir Walter Pavely (whom, with Lord Badlesmere, he had constituted executors) he bequeathed a standing cup, gilt, with an L upon the cover, as also his whole suit of arms for the justs, with his coat of mail and sword. Upon the demise of this nobleman, the last male representative of this branch of the family of Burghersh, the BARONY OF BURGHERSH, passed Bith his dau., as stated above, into the family of Despencer, and the dignity is now vested, although not assumed, in Mary-Frances Boscawen, Baroness Le Despencer, Viscountess Falmouth. Arms..-Gu., a lion rampant, double quevée, or. NOTE. Of this family was JOHN DE BURGHERSH, who m. Maud, one of the daus. and heiresses of Edmund Bacon, of the co. Essex, and left a SIR JOHN DE BURGHERSH, Knt., who was in the expedition, made in the 47th EDWARD III. into Flanders. This Sir John m. Ismania, dau. of Simon Hanap, of the co. Glouces-quity, here in England, an old Martyrologe (sometime belonging ter, and by her (who m. Sir John Raleigh of Nettlecomb, Knt.) he left two daus., his co-heirs, viz., Margaret, m. 1st, to Sir John Greneville, Knt., and 2ndly, to John Arundell, Esq., of the co. of Cornwall, by whom she had a son, Sir John Arundell of Lankerne, who m, Catherine, dau. of Sir John Chidiock, and widow of Sir William Stafford, Knt, of Southwick, and by her had (with a dau. Elizabeth, Lady Daubeuy,) a son, Sir Thomas Arundell, K.B. Mand. m. to Thomas Chancer, son of the celebrated poet, and dying in 1436 or 1437, left au only dau., Alice Chaucer, who m. 1st Sir John Philip; and 2ndly William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, K.G., lord chancellor and lord high admiral BURKE-VISCOUNT BURKE. By Letters Patent, dated 20 April, 1629. THE HON. JOHN BURKE, 5th son of Ulick, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, was raised to the peerage of Ireland, 20 April, 1629, as VISCOUNT BURKE, of Clanmorris, with limitation of the honour to the heirs male of his father. His lordship m. Catherine, 3rd dan. of Sir Anthony Brabazon, Knt., of Ballinasloe, co. Galway, and dying 16 November, 1635, was 8. by his son, THOMAS BURKE, 2nd Viscount Burke, of Clanmorris, who m. Margaret, dau. of Christopher Fleming, Lord of Slane; but d. p. The peerage, however, did not become extinct, but reverted to the Earls of Clanricarde, and is now vested in their representative, the present marquess, though it is not assumed by his lordship. Arms-Or, a cross, gu.; in the dexter canton, a lion ram pani, sa. BURKE BARON TYAQUIN AND By Letters Patent, dated 2 June, 1687. THE HON. ULICK BURKE, 4th son of William, 7th Earl of Clanricarde, by Lettice his wife, only dau. of Sir Henry Shirley, Bart, was created, 2 June, 1687, Baron of Tyaquin and VISCOUNT GALWAY. His lordship commanded a regiment of foot in JAMES the SECOND's army, and was slain at Aughrim, 12 July, 1691. He . Frances, only dau. of George Lane, Viscount Lanesborough, and by her (who m. 2ndly, Henry Fox, Esq., of East Horsley, co. Surrey,) had an only dau. who d. in infancy. to the abbey of Buldewas, co. Salop,) doth plainly demonstrate; for thereby appeareth that Sir Robert Burnell, Knt., d. 15 November, 1087; Sir Philip, 14 December, 1107; Sir Roger, 5 February, 1140; Sir Hugh, 7 January, 1149; Sir Richard, 20 January, 1189; Sir Hugh, 12 May, 1242; and another Sir Robert, 6 December, 1249.' The next persons of the name upon record are WILLIAM BURNELL, who took part with the rebellious barons at the close of King HENRY III.'s reign, and his brother, ROBERT BURNELL, who, in the 54th of the same monarch, obtained a charter for a weekly market, and two fairs yearly, to be holden at his manor of Acton Burnell, co. Salop; and before the end of the same year we find him, amongst others, signed with the cross for a voyage to the Holy Land with Prince Edward. He was, however, drowned, along with his above-mentioned brother, in 1282, when he was 8. by his nephew (the son of his brother Philip), PHILIP BURNELL, who was 8. by his 1st cousin (son of his uncle, Hugh Burnell), Philip Burnell, who, in the 19th EDWARD I., had a charter for free warren in all his demesne lands in the co. of Salop, and in two years afterwards inherited estates in the cos. of Southampton, Wilts, Berks, Stafford, Essex, and Surrey, from his uncle, Robert Burnell, bishop of Bath and Wells. This feudal lord m. Maud, dau. of Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, EDWARD, his successor. Maud, m. 1st, to John Lovel, of Tichmarch, co. Northampton, by whom she had issue, John Lovel, who was deprived of his inheritance by fine. Maud, m. 2ndly, John de Handlo, who was summoned to parliament, as BARON HANDLO, in 1342. (See that dignity.) Philip Burnell d. in the 23rd of EDWARD I., and was s. by his son, EDWARD BURNELL, who, being in the wars of Scotland, had summons to parliament, as BARON BURNELL, from 19 December, 1311, to 24 October, 1314. His lordship m. Olivia, dau. of Hugh le Despenser, but dying s. p. in 1315, the barony ExPIRED, while his estates, save those held by his widow in dower, devolved upon his only sister MAUD (mentioned above), as sole heiress, az. Arme-Arg., a lion rampant, sa, crowned, or, within a bordure, BURNELL-BARONS BURNELL, OF HOLGATE, CO. SALOP. By Writ of Summons, dated 25 November, 1350. Lineage. MAUD BURNELL, sister and sole heiress of Edward Lord Burnell, who d. in 1315, when his barony EXPIRED, took for her 2nd husband John de Handlo, afterwards summoned to parliament as LORD HANDLO, and had issue, two sons, viz., Richard, who d. v. p., leaving a son, Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel; 2ndly, Amicea, dau. of Sir Richard Edmund de Handlo, who s. to the Barony of Handlo. (See Stafford, a great heiress; and 3rdly, Eleanor, dau. of Edmund And HANDLO. Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, but never had issue. NICHOLAS DE HANDLO, who inherited in the 22nd EDWARD III., the estates of his mother, and assumed, in consequence, the surname of BURNELL; by which designation he was summoned to parliament, as a BARON, on 25 November, 1350. His lordship distinguished himself in arms, and participated in the BUTLER glory acquired by his victorious sovereign upon the French soil. He d. 19 January, 1383, and was 8. by his son, SIR HUGH BURNELL, Knt., as 2nd BARON BURNELL. This nobleman was constituted governor of the castle of Bridgenorth, co. Salop, in the 10th of RICHARD II.; but being denounced, in the next year, as one of the favourites and evil counsellors of that unhappy prince, he was banished the court. He regained popular favour, however, so much within a few years, that upon the deposal of his royal master, he was one of the lords deputed to receive the unfortunate king's resignation of the crown and government, at the Tower of London, In the next reign we find Lord Burnell entrusted with the government of several strong castles on the Welch border. His lordship m. 1st, Lady Philippa de la Pole, dau. of Michael, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and 2ndly, Joyce, dau. of John Botetourt, and grand-dau. and heiress of John, 2nd Lord Botetourt; by the latter he had no issue; but by the former he had an only son, EDWARD, who, dying v. p., left, by his wife Alice, dau. of Thomas, Lord Strange, three daus., viz., Joyce, m. to Thomas Erdington, Esq., and d. s. p. vests. Katherine, m. to Sir John Ratcliffe, whose son, Sir John Lord Burnell, who had been summoned to parliament from Arms-Arg., a lion rampant, sa., crowned, or, within a bor. dure, az. BUTLER-EARL OF WILTSHIRE. By Letters Patent, dated 8 July, 1449. Lineage. JAMES BUTLER, son and heir of James, 4th Earl of Ormonde, in Ireland, by Joan, dau. of William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, was elevated to the peerage of England, by letters patent, dated 8 July, 1449, as EARL OF WILTSHIRE, and succeeded to the Irish honours, as 5th Earl of Ormonde, at the decease of his father, in 1452. This nobleman, who was a stanch adherent of the house of Lancaster, was made lieutenant of Ireland in the 30th HENRY VI., and in three years afterwards Lord Treasurer of England. Shortly after this his lordship was with King HENRY in the first battle of St. Albans, where the Yorkists prevailing, be fled, and cast his armour into a ditch. In the 38th of the same monarch he was reconstituted Lord Treasurer, and appointed keeper of the forest of Pederton, co. Somerset, and of Craneburn Chase, lying in the cos. of Wilts and Dorset; being at the same time honoured with the Garter. His lordship participated this year in the triumph of his party at Wakefield, where the Duke of York fell; but sharing also their defeat at Mortimer Cross, he fled the field and pursuing a similar course after the unfortunate issue to the Lancastrians, of Towton Field, he was taken prisoner by Richard Salkeld, Esq., and beheaded at Newcastle, 1 May, 1461. His lordship d. s. p., and being attainted by parliament in the November following his execution, his EARLDOM OF WILTSHIRE EXPIRED, as should the Irish honours of the family, the deceased lord's brother and heir, John Butler, being also attainted for his Lancastrian principles, and being likewise engaged at the battle of Towton, but that the said John was restored in blood by King EDWARD IV., and thus enabled to inherit as 6th Earl of Ormonde. James, Earl of Ormonde and Wiltshire, m. thrice; 1st, Amy, dau. of John LORD RICHARD BUTLER, 2nd son of James, 1st Duke of Ormonde, was advanced to the peerage of Ireland, as EARL OF ARRAN, in 1662, and created a peer of England, by the title of BARON BUTLER, OF WESTON, in 1673. Upon his father's quit. ting Ireland in 1682, this nobleman was left deputy until his return, and performed great service against the mutinous garrison of Carrick-Fergus. His lordship distinguished himself also in the celebrated naval engagement with the Dutch in 1673. He m. 1st, Mary, dau. of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lenox, but had no issue. He m. 2ndly, Dorothy, dau. of John Ferrers, Esq., of Tamworth Castle, co. Warwick, by whom he had an only surviving dau., CHARLOTTE, M. to CHARLES, LORD CORNWALLIS. (See that He d. in 1685. when leaving no male issue, all his HONOURS BUTLER-BARON BUTLER, OF WESTON, By Letters Patent, dated 23 January, 1693. The Honourable CHARLES BUTLER. 2nd son of the celebrated Thomas, Earl of Ossory (by courtesy), and Lord Butler, of Moorpark, by writ, eldest son of James, Duke of Ormonde, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland on 8 March, 1693, as Baron Cloghgrenan, Viscount Tullough, and EARL OF ARRAN, and created at the same time a peer of England, by the title of BARON BUTLER, OF WESTON, CO. Huntingdon. This nobleman was one of the lords of the bedchamber, and colonel of horse, in the reign of King WILLIAM; governor of Dover Castle, and deputy-warden of the Cinque Ports, and master of the ordnance in Ireland, temp. Queen ANNE, and chancellor of the university of Oxford in the reign of King GEORGE I. His lordship m. Elizabeth, 4th dau. and co-heiress of Thomas, Lord Crew, of Stene; but dying 8. p. in 1759, all his HONOURS EXPIRED. His lordship was also lord high steward of Westminster, and a lieut.-general in the army. nobleman being one of the first to espouse the cause of the Prince of Orange, was made a knight of the Garter, upon the elevation of his highness to the throne: and constituted Lord High Constable of England for the day, at the coronation of his Majesty and Queen MARY. In 1690 his grace attended King WILLIAM at the battle of the Boyne, and in three years afterwards was at Landen, where he received several wounds, had his horse killed under him, and was taken prisoner by the French, and carried to Namur. In 1702 he was appointed by Queen ANNE commander-in-chief of the land forces sent against France and Spain, when he destroyed the French fleet and the Spanish galleons, in the harbour of Viga, for which he received the thanks of parliament. In 1712, he succeeded the Duke of Marlborough, as captain-general and commander-in chief of all his majesty's land forces in Great Britain, or employed abroad in conjunction with her allies; and on the Queen's death was one of the privy council who signed the proclamation, disclaiming GEORGE I. King of England; on whose arrival he was at first graciously received by his majesty, but in a few days after was removed from his great offices; and within a short time (1715,) impeached in parliament of high crimes and misdemeanours. Whereupon retiring into France, he was attainted, his estates confiscated, and all his honours EXTINGUISHED, on 20 August, 1715. But in 1721, an act of parliament passed, enabling his brother the Earl of Arran to purchase the escheated property, which he accordingly did. The duke m twice, 1st, Lady Anne Hyde, dau. of Laurence, Earl of Rochester, who d. with her only infant child; and 2ndly, Lady Mary Somerset, dau. of Henry Duke of Beaufort, by whom he had an only surviving dau., Mary, m. to John, Lord Ashburnham. He d. at Madrid, at the advanced age of ninety-four, on 16 November, 1745. eo. Monmouth, and EARL OF BRECKNOCK,* and the next year | Ireland, and 2nd EARL OF BRECKNOCK, IN ENGLAND. This advanced to the Irish DUKEDOM OF ORMONDE, while he was elevated to the same rank in England by the same title on 9 November, 1682. This nobleman distinguished himself first in public life by a disposition to oppose the government of the Earl of Strafford in Ireland, and his political career commenced in the following singular manner. Lord Strafford, upon calling a parliament to meet at Dublin Castle, issued a proclamation that none of the members, lords or commons, should enter with their swords; an injunction obeyed by all but the young Marquess of Ormonde, who told the black rod at the door "that he should have no swords of his except in his guts." This so irritated the lord-deputy, that the refractory lord was called upon in the evening to account for his conduct; when he produced his majesty's writ, summoning him to parliament, "cinctus cum gladio." So resolute a reply, at once fixed his lordship's fortune, and it being deemed more prudent to conciliate than to provoke so ardent a spirit, he was immediately called to the privy council; from that period he attached himself zealously to the cause of the king, and used all his efforts to defeat the accusations against the Earl of Strafford, who thenceforward felt so much gratitude towards him that he made it his last request to his royal master to bestow the Garter upon Ormonde; a request cheerfully complied with. The marquess was afterwards lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and his valour, conduct, and loyalty were in the highest degree conspicuous throughout the whole of the Civil Wars. He was a second time chief governor of Ireland after the Restoration. Burnet says of this eminent person, "that he was every way well fitted for a court; of a graceful appearance, a lively wit, and a cheerful temper; a man of great expense, but decent even in his vices, for he always kept up the forms of religion: too faithful not to give always good advice; but when bad ones were followed, too complaisant to be any great complainer. He had got through many transactions with more fidelity than success; and in the siege of Dublin, miscarried so far, as to lessen the opinion of his military conduct: but his constant attendance on his master and his great sufferings raised him (after the Restoration) to be lord steward of the household and lordhieutenant of Ireland." His grace m. Elizabeth, only dau. of Richard Preston, Earl of Desmond, by whom he had issue, I. Thomas, who d. young. II. THOMAS, EARL OF OSSORY, who was summoned to parlia- 1 JAMES, who 8. his grandfather. 2 Charles, created Earl of Arran. 1 Elizabeth, . to William Richard George, 9th Earl of Derby. 2 Emilia. 3 Henrietta, Grantham. m. to Henry D'Auverquerque, Earl of His lordship d. v. p. of a fever, at Whitehall, deeply lamented by the kingdom at large, on 30 July, 1680. mL. Richard, created Earl of Arran in Ireland, and LORD BUTLER, OF WESTON, in England. IV. John, created EARL OF GOWBAN, d. 8. p. in 1677. The duke d. the year of the revolution, 1688, and was 8. by his grandson, JAMES BUTLER, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, both in England and James Butler, Earl of Ormonde, his lordship's ancestor, m. Alianore, dan. of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, LORD OF BRECKNOCK, and constable of England, by Elizabeth Plantagenet, dau. of EDWARD I.-(See BOHUN, Earl of Hereford.) Arms-Or, a chief indented, az. NOTE. The illustrious house of ORMONDE originally sprang from the great feudal family of Walter: thus, In the 3rd HENRY II., in the sheriff's account for Norfolk and Suffolk, mention is made in those shires of HUBERT WALTER, to whom 8. HENRY WALTER, who had five sons, Hubert, THEOBALD, Walter, Roger, and Hamon, of whom, Hubert, the eldest, a churchman, became archbishop of Canterbury, and the 2nd, THEOBALD WALTER, obtained from King RICHARD I. a grant in fee of the lordship of PRESTON, in Lancashire, with the whole wapentake and forest of Amundernesse, to hold by three knights' fees: which grant bears date 22 April, in the 1st year of that king's reign, being the Friday immediately after his coronation. And five years after he was appointed sheriff of the co. Lancaster, and continued to fulfil the duties of that high office from the 6th of RICHARD to the 1st of JOHN, inclusive. This feudal lord was a great benefactor to the church, and a founder of several religious houses, amongst which were the Augustinian Abbey of Cockersand, in Lancashire, and (being BUTLER of Ireland) the monastery of Arklow, and the abbeys of Motheny, co. Limerick, and Nenagh, co. Tipperary, in Ireland. In the 5th of King JOHN he gave two palfreys for license to go into that kingdom, and having m. Maud, dau. of Robert Vavasour, with whom he acquired the manors of Edlington and Newborough, and the lands of Boulton, departed this life in the 9th of the same monarch; when Robert Vavasour above-mentioned gave to the king a fine of 1,200 marks, and two palfreys, for the benefit of the widow's marriage and dowrie. The lady m. subsequently Fulke Fitz-warine. Theobald Walter left issue, THEOBALD, who assumed from his office in Ireland the sur Maud, whose tuition King JOHN committed to Gilbert Fitz- BUTLER-EARL OF ARRAN. (See BARON BUTLER, of Weston, in the Extinct Peerage of England.) BUTLER-EARL OF GOWRAN. By Letters Patent, dated 13 April, 1676. Lineage. LORD JOHN BUTLER, b. in 1643, 3rd son of James, 1st Duke of Ormonde, was created, 13 April, 1676, Baron of Aughrim, Viscount of Clonmore, and EARL OF GOWRAN, Co. Kilkenny, in the peerage of Ireland. His lordship m. in 1676, Lady Anne Chichester, only dau. of Arthur, Earl of Donegal; but d. s. p. in August, 1677, when all his honours became EXTINCT. Arms-Or, a chief indented, az. BUTLER-VISCOUNT BUTLER. By Letters Patent, dated 4 August, 1603. Lineage. THEOBALD BUTLER, youngest son of Sir Edmond Butler, of Roscrea and Cloughrenan, who was 2nd son of James, 9th Earl of Ormonde, had, by patent, dated at Westminster, 13 July, 1603, the titles of Ormonde and Ossory, entailed and secured to him after the death of Thomas, then Earl of Ormonde, without male issue, and was elevated, 4 August following, to the peerage of Ireland, as VISCOUNT BUTLER, of Tulleophelim, co. Carlow. His lordship m. his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Butler, only dau. of the said Thomas, Earl of Ormonde, but d. s. p. in January, 1613, when the viscounty became EXTINCT. His widow m. 2ndly, Sir Richard Preston, Lord Dingwall. The feudal barony of Kiltenenen, of which Cahir Castle became the chief seat, with Knockgrafton, &c., were granted by King JOHN to Philip de Wygornia, lord-deputy of Ireland, in 1184, and very incorrectly supposed by some writers to be the same with his enemy, Philip de Braose. The heiress of this family, Basilia, brought it in marriage to Meyler de Bermingham, Lord Athenry, who exchanged it with Piers de Bermingham, Lord of Thetmoy, for other lands (circa 1290); and his descendants, styled MAC FEORIS OF MAC YORIS, retained this barony until Ellice, dau. and heir of MAC FEORIS MORE, brought it in marriage to PIERCE BUTLER, Sprung from James le Botiller, illegitimate son of James, 3rd Earl of Ormonde, but upon whose family the Ormonde estates were entailed by the 10th earl, next after the Lords Dunboyne. His eldest son, THOMAS BUTLER, of Cahir-dun-Eske, Esq., m. Ellice, dau. of Thomas, 8th Earl of Desmond, and was father of EDMUND BUTLER, who, by Catharine, dau. of Sir Pierce le Poer, Knt., left issue, I. THOMAS, of whom presently. The eldest son, THOMAS BUTLER, Esq., was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 10 November, 1543, by the title of Baron of Caher, with remainder to his heirs-general. His lordship' m. Eleanor, 5th dau. of Pierce, Earl of Ormonde, and by her had a surviving SOR EDMUND, his successor. He m. 2ndly, Ellen, dau. of Thomas, Earl of Desmond, and left two daus., Joan, m. to Thomas Prendergast, Esq., of Newcastle; and Eleanor, m. 1st, to Sir John Fitzgerald, Knt., brother of the Earl of Desmond; and 2ndly, to Sir John Oge, Knt. His lordship d. 1557, and was. 8. by his only surviving son, EDMUND, 2nd baron, who d. s. p., when the barony EXPIRED, and his two half-sisters became his heirs. The dignity was, however, revived 6 May, 1583, by a new patent granted to his lordship's 1st cousin, SIR THEOBALD BUTLER, Knt., who thus became Baron Caher. The queen did not, however, feel authorized in conferring the Barony of Caher again, though by a new creation, and with only the new precedence to do so, without the consent of the heirs-general. But one of these heirs who had m. Mr. Prendergast, dying during the negotiations, the queen then signed the patent, the release being executed a little later by the son of the deceased lady, though only ten years of age at the time. This nobleman received the honour of knighthood, in 1567, from the Lord-Deputy Sidney, who thus mentions him in a letter to the lords of the council, dated Limerick, 27 February, 1577:-"There were with me that descended of English race, Sir Maurice Fitzgarrold, brother to the Vicounte Decies; Sir Thibald Butler, whose uncle and cozen-germaine were Baronnes of the Cayre, whose lands he lawfullye and justlye enjoyeth, and better deserveth that title of honor than any of theim ever did; for whome I entende more speciallye to write; for trulye, for his deserte, he is worthie any commendation." Ilis lordship m. Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Cusack, of Cussington, co. Meath, lord chancellor of Ireland, and left, 1. THOMAS, his successor. 11. Edmund, of Cloghcallie, co. Tipperary, m Eleanor, dau. of Pierce Butler, Esq., of Callan, co. Kilkenny, and left a son, THOMAS, who 8. as 3rd baron. III. Pierce, d. s. p. Iv. Richard, of Clonbrogan, father of Thomas, who d. 1680 (leaving an only child, Ellen, m. to Theobald Stapleton, Esq), and of PIERCE, of Knockanamonagh, who . a dau and heir of Donogh O'Brien, and was father of THEOBALD, 5th Lord Caher. V. JAMES, of Knocklofty, m. 1st, Honor, dau. of Walter Walsh, Esq., of Castlehoel, co. Kilkenny; and 2ndly, Margaret and dying 17 April 1630, was buried in the abbey of Clonmel, having had issue, 1 Theobald, of Knocklofty, who took a prominent part in the rebellion of 1641, and was deprived of his estates by Cromwell, æt. twenty-three, and m. 1630, and had issue, JAMES, of Glengall, in Tipperary, whose will, dated 28 May, 1732, was proved 29 January, 1737; he had issue, 1 Theobald, d. um. 2 Richard, m. Jane, dau. of Richard Butler, of Ballynahinch, in Tipperary, and d. before 1750, leaving issue, JAMES, who s. his cousin PIERCE, as 9th Lord Baron Caher. 1 Ellen. m. to-Ryan, of Banshigh. 2 Anastatia, wife of - Murphy. 3 Elinor, wife of Maeenery. 4 Mary, wife of - Fitzgerald, and had issue. VI. John, of Cloughbridy, father of three sons, Edward, John, and Walter. 1 Ellen, m. to Richard Butler, Esq., of Ballyboe, co. Tipperary. II. Mary, m. to Sir Cormac M'Carthy, of Blarney. Lord Caher d. in 1596, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS BUTLER, 2nd baron. This nobleman d. 31 January, 1627, and leaving an only dau. and heir, Margaret, who m Edmund, 3rd Lord Dunboyne, the barony devolved upon his nephew, THOMAS BUTLER, 3nd baron (refer to 3rd son of 1st lord). His lordship m. Eleanor, dau, of Richard, Lord Power, and was s. by his grandson, PIERCE BUTLER, 4th baron (only son of the Hon. Edmund Butler, by Eleanor, 2nd dau. of Edmund, Lord Dunboyne). His lordship m. in 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of Toby Mathew, Esq., of Thurles, by whom (who m. 2ndly, Daniel M'Carty, of Carrig · navar) he had four daus., Elinor, m.. to Sir John Everard, Bart., of Fethard; Margaret, m. to Theobald, Lord Caher; Anne, who d. unm.; and Mary, m. to Robert Walsh, Esq., but dying in 1676, without male issue, the dignity devolved upon his kinsman, THEOBALD BUTLER, Esq., of Knockanamonagh, as 5th baron (grandson of Richard, 4th son of the 1st lord). This nobleman was outlawed in 1691 for his adhesion to JAMES II., and suffered much privation in consequence, having had his estates for some time laid waste, and afterwards seized upon by the crown. The outlawry was, however, reversed in Michaelmas term, 1693, and his lordship restored to his honours and estates. He m. 1st, Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Redmond Everard, Bart., of Fethard, by whom he had one son and two daus., Mary, wife of James Long, Esq., of Dublin, and Joanna, m. to James Butler, Esq., of Caherbane; and 2ndly, Margaret, 2nd dau. of Pierce, 4th Lord Caher, and had one son, and two daus., nuns at Ypres. His lordship d. in 1700, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS BUTLER, 6th baron, who m. in 1709, Frances, eldest dau. of Sir Toby Butler, Knt., solicitor-general to JAMES II., and dying 22 May, 1744, left issue, Harriet-Anne, m. in 1822, to George-Hamilton, Earl of Belfast, afterwards Marquess of Donegal, and d. 14 September, 1860. Charlotte, m. in December, 1835, to Christopher-Rice Mansel Talbot, Esq., M.P., of Margam, Glamorganshire, and d. 23 March, 1846. Emily-Arabella-Georgiana, m. 1st, 1836, to Richard Pennefather, Esq., of Darling Hill, who d. 1849; and 2ndly, 1852, to Major-General H.-A. Hankey. Lord Caher was created VISCOUNT CAHER and EARL OF GLENGALL 22 January, 1816; he d. 30 January, 1819, and was s. by his son, RICHARD BUTLER, 2nd Earl of Glengall, a representative peer; b. in May, 1794, who m. 20 February, 1834, MargaretLauretta, younger dau. and co-heir of the late William Mellish, Esq., of Woodford, Essex, and by her (who d. 1863) had issue, MARGARET, m. 2 August, 1858, to Lieut.-Colonel the HON. RICHARD CHARTERIS, 2nd son of Francis, 8th Earl of Wemyss. MATILDA, d. unm. 18 March, 1861. His lordship d. 22 June, 1858, when the Earldom of Glengall and Viscounty of Caher became EXTINCT, but it is possible that the Barony of CAHER may be still successfully claimed. Arms-Quarterly: first, arg., a cross Calvary, gu., thereon a representation of our Saviour, or (borne in memory of the family having fought against the infidels): second, or, a chief, indented, az, with a crescent for difference; third, gu., three covered cups, or, for BUTLER. BUTLER-EARL OF KILKENNY. By Letters Patent, dated 20 December, 1793. Lineage. EDMUND, 12th VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRET, b. 16 January, 1771, was advanced to the Earldom of Kilkenny by patent, 20 December, 1793. He m. 8 June, 1793, Mildred, eldest dau. of the Most Rev. Robert Fowler, archbishop of Dublin; but by her (who d. 30 December, 1830) he had no issue. The earl d. 16 July 1846, when the earldom became EXTINCT, but he was 8. in the viscounty by his nephew, HENRY-EDMUND, preBent VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRET. Arms-Or, a chief indented, az. BUTLER-VISCOUNT GALMOYE. By Letters Patent, dated 16 May, 1646. THOMAS BUTLER, 10th Earl of Ormonde and Earl of Ossory, KG, surnamed, from the darkness of his complexion, the "Black Earl," left at his decease, in 1614, a legitimate dau. and heiress, and had besides an illegitimate son, PIERS-FITZ-THOMAS BUTLER, in whose favour the earl executed a deed of conveyance, in 1597 (when the said Piers had reached majority), of certain church-lands, considerable in amount, which had been granted by Queen ELIZABETH, in 1576, to James Butler, the earl's brother, and which reverted to his lordship at the decease of the said James' son, James, without issue. This Piers-Fitz-Thomas m. Katherine, eldest dan, and co-heiress of Thomas, Lord Slane, by whom he had two sons, and dying in 1601, was 8. by the elder, SIR EDWARD BUTLER, Knt., who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 16 May, 1646, as VISCOUNT OF GALMOYE, in the co. of Kilkenny. His lordship m. Anne, dau. of Edmund, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret, by whom he had two sons, viz., 1. PIERS, of Barrowmount, colonel of dragoons in the royal army, who fell at the battle of Worcester in 1650; he m. Margaret, dau. of Nicholas, 1st Lord Netterville (settlement dated 20 November, 1626), and had issue, I EDWARD, who s. his grandfather. 2 Nicholas, d. s. p. in 1653. 3 Richard, d. in 1678, without male issue. 5 EDMUND, of Killoshulan, co. Kilkenny, ancestor of the 1 Frances, m. to Hervey Morres, grandfather of the 1st Viscount Mountmorres. 2 Eleanor, m. to William Grace, Esq., of Ballylinch, and had a younger son, John Grace, ancestor of the DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM (see BURKE's Landed Gentry). II. Thomas, whose only child, Anne, m. William Cook, Esq., of Painstown. The viscount d. in 1653, and was 8. by his grandson, EDWARD, 2nd viscount; who m. Eleanor, Lady Aston, dau. of Sir Nicholas White, Knt., of Leixlip, co. Kildare, by whom he had two sons, 1. PIERS, his successor. II. Richard, a col. in the army, and captain in the royal guards, who m. Lucy Kavanagh, of the Borris family, and by her (who d. 1708) had with other issue who d. unm., an eldest son, 1 JAMES, who assumed the title as 4th viscount, and d. s. p. in 1769. 1 Sophia, m. William Hay, Esq., of Nantes, ancestor of the Chevalier Hay, of the same place. His lordship d. in 1667, and was 8. by his elder son, PIERS, 3rd viscount, a distinguished officer in the royal army (King JAMES's) at the battle of the Boyne, who was outlawed in consequence, 11 May, 1691; but being in the October following one of the commissioners for the surrender of Limerick, his lordship was included of course in the celebrated treaty of that city. Following, however, the fortunes of his royal master (who had created him Earl of Newcastle) into France, he was despoiled of all his estates, and attainted in 1697, by the statute of 9th William III., c. 5. His lordship, who had the rank of lieutenant-general in the French service, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Theobald Mathew, of Thurles, co. Tipperary, and had an only son, Edward, colonel in King JAMES'S army, who d. in the lifetime of his father, having been slain in the battle of Malplaquet, 18 September, 1709, s. p. His lordship d. 18 June, 1740, without male issue, when the viscounty was assumed, notwithstanding the attainder, by his nephew and next male heir, COL. JAMES BUTLER, of the Irish brigade in the French service (eldest son of the deceased lord's only brother, the Hon. Richard Butler, of his majesty King JAMES's bodyguard), as 4th viscount. His lordship d. s. p. 1771, when the dignity was assumed by the illegitimate son of his youngest brother, Captain Francis-Piers Butler, of the Irish brigade, by Catherine-Julie de Vallory (a lady whom Captain Butler eventually married, and acknowledging the said son, legitimated him according to the laws of France, but, indisputably, not according to the laws of England), PIERS-LOUIS-ANTOINE, as 5th viscount. This Piers dying without issue in 1826, it is of no importance whether he assumed, consistently with the English law of descent, the representation of the family or not; but while he lived, the branch which should have inherited the peerage did not urge their claim, owing to ignorance of the taint in the birth of the said Piers; but upon his decease, the next claimant and male heir to the (assumed) 4th viscount, Garret Butler, Esq., of Garrendenny Castle, Queen's Co., lost no time in asserting his right, upon which the law officers of Ireland came to the favourable conclusion hereafter mentioned. We shall now deduce the line of the said GARRET: EDMOND BUTLER, Esq., of Killoshulan, co. Kilkenny (youngest son of the Hon. Piers Butler, and brother of Edward, the 2nd viscount), a major in the army of King JAMES II., m. Catharine, dau. of Sir Nicholas Crisp, of Luddenham, eo. Kent; and dying in 1691, left a son, FIERS BUTLER, Esq., of Newtown and Urlingford, major of dragoons in King JAMES's army, comprehended within the articles of Limerick. This gentleman m. Domvile, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Hartpole, Knt. of Shrule, and grand-dau. of Sir William Domvile, King CHARLES the SECOND's attorneygeneral, by whom he had EDMOND BUTLER, Esq., capt. of dragons in the service of King GEORGE II., who conformed to the protestant faith in 1719. This gentleman served as high sheriff for the co. Kilkenny. He m. Miss Anne Skellerin, by whom he had several children, and was 8. by his son, |