Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim (died December 1613), was an Irish peer.
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Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim | |
Tenure | 1603–1613 |
Died | January 1613 |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Butler |
Father | Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan |
Mother | Eleanor Eustace |
Birth and origins
editTheobald was the son of Sir Edmund Butler by the Honourable Eleanor Eustace, daughter of Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass. James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde, was his grandfather, and Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet, of Cloughgrenan, his younger brother. He was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim, in the County of Carlow. In 1605 he was appointed Governor of County Carlow.[1]
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Viscount
editButler was created Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim by letter patent on 4 August 1603.[3]
Marriage
editLord Butler of Tulleophelim married his first cousin Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, in 1603. There were no children from the marriage. He died in December 1613, when the viscountcy became extinct. The dowager Viscountess Butler of Tulleophelim married as her second husband Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond. She died in October 1628.
Death and Timeline
editViscount Butler of Tulleophelim died in January 1613.[4]
Notes and references
editNotes
editNotes
edit- ^ thepeerage.com Theobald Butler, 1st and last Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim
- ^ Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17. "Butler Family Tree condensed"
- ^ Burke 1866, p. 96, left column, line 12. "By Letters Patent, date 4 August, 1603."
- ^ Burke 1866, p. 96, left column, line 22. "... d.s.p. in January 1613, when the viscounty became extinct."
References
edit- Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (New ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 11501348.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. II (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Bass to Canning (for Butler of Tulleophelim)
- Dunboyne, Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, Baron (1968). Butler Family History (2nd ed.). Kilkenny: Rothe House.
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