John Butler (Irish Confederate)
Colonel John Butler was an officer of the Irish Confederate Army of the 1640s during the War of the Three Kingdoms.
He was the younger brother of Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret and part of the powerful Butler family of the Munster-Leinster border area.
Of Old English descent, like most of the family he was a Roman Catholic.
Butler took part in the unsuccessful 1644 Ulster Campaign as part of the Ulster Army under the command of James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven and Owen Roe O'Neill.
He was a cousin of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, the Lord Lieutenant and commander of the Royalist Irish Army.
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret( 1595 – 1679) was the son of Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret.
He acceded to his title on the death of his father in 1651 and retained his lands in the north and east of Kilkenny while many others whose families had been involved in the Catholic Confederacy lost theirs.
His father had been heavily involved in the rebellion but Edmund received a pardon for all treasons and rebellions from King Charles II and was restored to his estates.
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (6 January 1771 – 16 July 1846) was created Earl of Kilkenny on 20 December 1793.
The son of Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and Henrietta Butler, he was thus a member of the powerful Butler Dynasty descended from the illustrious House of Butler of Ormond, who purchased and resided at Kilkenny Castle from 1391 to 1967.
He married Mildred Fowler, daughter of Robert Fowler, Archbishop of Dublin, without issue.
On his death the Earldom thus became extinct and his nephew, Henry Edmund Butler, became the 13th Lord Viscount Mountgarret in 1846.
James Butler (colonel)
Colonel James Butler was the son of Richard Butler of Galmoye and the grandson of Edward Butler, 2nd Viscount Galmoye.
He was the heir of Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye who died without male issue.
However, Colonel Butler's succession to the viscountcy was not recognised.
This was because an act of the English Parliament had declared the titles of the 3rd Viscount forfeit in 1697 by the statute" 9th William III, chap. 5th".
He was a Colonel of the Irish Brigade in the service of France.
Sir Richard Butler of Polestown
Sir Richard Butler( 1395 – 1443) of Polestown, County Kilkenny, was the second son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, and Anne Welles.
His older brother James inherited the earldom.
Following the extinction of the senior family line, his great- grandson, Piers Butler, became the 8th Earl of Ormond.
Richard was born at Kilkenny Castle and was named in honour of the visiting King Richard II, who had joined his cousin, James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, to campaign against the Irish.
Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret
Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (c. 1562 – 1602), was the son of Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret and Eleanor Butler.
Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret
Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651) was the son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret and Grany or Grizzel, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory.
He is best known for his participation in the Irish Confederate Wars on behalf of the Irish Confederate Catholics.
Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret
Richard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (8 November 1936 – 7 February 2004) was a British soldier.
Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret
Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret( 1500 – 20 May 1571) was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald.
He married his half first cousin Eleanor Butler, daughter of Theobald Butler of Polestown, the illegitimate brother of the 8th Earl of Ormond.
He was created 1st Viscount Mountgarret in 1550.
Kaya Alp
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Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of Richard Butler, 3Rd Viscount Mountgarret?