Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan( a townland near Carlow),( died c. February 1704) was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet and Juliana Hyde, daughter of Bernard Hyde.
By 1650, he succeeded his father as baronet.
In 1670 and again in 1691, Butler was High Sheriff of Carlow.
From 1692 until his death, he sat for Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons.
Edmund Wickham Lawrence
Sir Edmund Wickham Lawrence( born 14 February 1932) was the Governor- General of St. Kitts and Nevis from 2013 to 2015.
He was sworn in at midnight on January 1, 2013.
Sir Edmund is Methodist.
Sir Edmund taught in elementary schools in St. Kitts between 1951 and 1954.
He graduated from the University of London in 1966 with a degree in Economics.
Following his graduation from the University of London, Sir Edmund lectured at Walbrook College in London from 1967 to 1969.
He returned to St. Kitts and began an illustrious career.
In 1970, Sir Edmund established the St Kitts- Nevis- Anguilla National Bank, which has grown in assets from US$ 75 Thousand to over US$ 1 Billion making it the largest local bank in the Eastern Caribbean.
Sir Edmund also established the National Bank Trust Company( NBTC) in 1972, the National Caribbean Insurance Company( NCIC) in 1973, and the St. Kitts and Nevis Morgtage and Investment Company( MICO) in 2001, together forming the National Bank Group of Companies.
He is a founding member of the Standing Committee of Chief Executives of Indigenous Commercial Banks( now termed the Caribbean Association of Banks) in the Caribbean Community( CARICOM).
Sir Edmund held several high level executive positions and directorships in companies and corporations in the private and public sectors in St. Kitts and Nevis and throughout the Eastern Caribbean between 1971 and 2012.
In 1998, Sir Edmund was invested at Buckingham Palace as Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire( OBE).
In 2009, he was awarded the National Honour as Companion of the Star of Merit( CSM).
In 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded Sir Edmund Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George( KCMG), at Buckingham Palace, for his services to banking and finance.
In 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed Sir Edmund Knight Grand Cross of the most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George( GCMG).
Sir Edmund continues active involvement in several non-profit organizations including the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society and Rotary International.
Sir Edmund is married to Lady Hulda and they have six children.
Teige Fitzpatrick, 4th Baron Upper Ossory
Teige Fitzpatrick, 4th Baron Upper Ossory( also known as Thady Fitzpatrick)( d. December 1627) was the son and heir of Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory, by his wife Catherine O'More.
He married Joan Butler, the daughter of Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan.
By her, he had issue: Teige Fitzpatrick reposed in December of 1627, and rests at Aghamacart.
His Lady Joan, reposed in late 1631.
Her will indicates a grand- daughter named Uny ny Donel(" Una daughter of Donnell"), thereby indicating that Teige may have had another son, Donnell, who was omitted from the pedigree.
Alternately, this could be a grand- daughter through one of their daughters.
Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet( died before 1653), of Cloughgrenan( townland near Carlow), was the son of Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet and Anne Colclough.
He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 5 June 1637.
He succeeded to the title after 1639.
He died intestate and his estate was administered to his widow in 1653.
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory (149628 October 1546), known as The Lame, was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Margaret Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond.
He was created, in 1535, Viscount Thurles, and was confirmed by Act of Parliament, 6 November 1541, in the Earldom of Ormond, as 9th Earl with the pre-eminence of the original earls.
His death by poisoning in London has remained an unsolved mystery to this day.
Edmund MacRichard Butler
Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler of Polestown( 1420 – June 13, 1464) was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler of Polestown and adopted the Gaelic title of The MacRichard of Ossory.
Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim
Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim( died December 1613), was an Irish peer.
Butler 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.
Lord Butler of Tulleophelim married his cousin Lady Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, in 1603.
There were no children from the marriage.
He died in December 1613, when the viscountcy became extinct.
The Viscountess Butler of Tulleophelim married as her second husband Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond.
She died in October 1628.
Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet( died 1642) was an Irish nobleman, the illegitimate son of Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan and grandson of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond.
He was High Sheriff of Carlow for 1612 and 1622.
He was created a baronet of Cloughgrenan( a townland near Carlow town) in 1628 by King Charles I.
His father had three other legitimate sons; Pierce, James and Theobald.
The two elder sons( Sir Thomas's half brothers) were executed by their own uncle Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond at Thurles during their rebellion in 1596.
The third son, Theobald, was created Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim.
This title died with the first bearer.
The Cloughgrenan line survives to the present day through the illegitimate line of the baronets.
Walter Butler of Polestown
Walter Butler of Polestown was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1483.
He was the second son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler.
His nephew Piers would become the 8th Earl of Ormond.
He was father of Edmond Butler of Polestown.
Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan
Sir Edmund Butler (1534–1602) of Cloughgrenan (and the Dullough), was the second son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald.
He was a Tudor rebel and scion of the noble House of Ormond.

Question: Who is Sir Edmund Butler Of Cloughgrenan's paternal grandfather?
Answer: Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond