James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (15 July 1774 – 18 May 1838), was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde, and his wife Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford. He was born at

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on 15 July 1774. Butler was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny City in the

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in 1796 (he never took his seat and resigned after 3 months) and served then for

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until the Act of Union in 1801. He sat subsequently for the Irish county constituency of

and was member of the UK House of Commons from 1801, until he succeeded to the peerage, as 19th Earl of Ormonde, in 1820, on the death of his elder brother, Walter, the 18th Earl and 1st Marquess of Ormonde in the Irish peerage (the latter title becoming extinct upon his death). He was a well-known advocate for the Irish people with his first speech at Westminster condemning the Irish Window tax and defending the right of Irish landowners. Following his brother's death, James inherited some £450,000 in debts. As a result, The Ormonde Estates in Derbyshire were sold at auction on Thursday 27 November 1824. The Sutton Hall Estate, including the Manor House, some 5,500 acres of land (which included coal mines), generated some £5,800 in rents alone, and was sold for £216,000 to the Manchester Spinner John Arkwright Esq. The Chilcote Estate, comprising 1,320 acres generating £2,200 annually, was sold to a Mr Robinson of Kingston, Surrey, for £87,000. The adjacent Cottage Park Farm, comprising 281 acres, was sold to a solicitor, Mr Cookney of Holborn (acting on behalf the brewer H. Worthington Esq). The sales generated £450,000. Having joined the fashionable society in London, he became a companion of

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. Subsequently, at the Prince's coronation as

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, he was created a Peer of the United Kingdom, as ''Baron Ormonde'', of

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, in the

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and in 1825, ''Marquess of Ormonde''.

Marriage and children

He married Grace Louisa Staples, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Staples and Hon. Henrietta Molesworth (daughter of

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) on 12 October 1807. They had five sons and five daughters: *

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(1808–1854), who married Frances Jane (died 26 August 1903), daughter of Gen. Hon. Sir

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* Lord Walter Wandesford Butler (1814–1861), Army officer * Captain Lord James Wandesford Butler (1815–1893), who married Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, daughter of the 6th Duke of Bedford *Louisa Grace Butler (1816–1896), married Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont * Lord Richard Molesworth Butler (1818–1838) * Lieut Lord Charles Wandesford Butler (1820–1857) * Lady Harriet Eleanor Butler (died 28 September 1885), married Robert Fowler, 1st son of Rt Rev Robert Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin * Anne Butler (died 1849), married John Wynne, of Hazlewood House, Sligo * Lady Elizabeth Butler (died 1892) * Lady Mary Charlotte Butler (died 1840) In 1827, the London residence of Lord and Lady Ormonde was recorded as being 14 Weymouth Street, Westminster.

Elevation to marquessate

Lord Ormonde's grandson,

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, is recorded as having written to the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,

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, regarding the restoration of the dukedom of Ormonde in October 1868. Ormonde claimed that his grandfather, the 19th Earl of Ormond, had been advised by Lord Liverpool to apply for the restoration of the dukedom, and that Lord Liverpool had advised him that in order to achieve this, he would first need to apply to be elevated from the rank of Earl to Marquess. An application was duly made, and James, 19th Earl of Ormond, was granted the title Marquess of Ormonde in 1825. The 3rd Marquess believed that Lord Liverpool's loss of the Office of Prime Minister in 1827 frustrated this plan, and the 1st Marquess took no further action towards applying for the restoration of the dukedom.Disraeli, B., Gunn, J. A. W., Wiebe, M. G. (1982). Benjamin Disraeli Letters. United Kingdom: University of Toronto Press, p. 388.

References

* ''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ormonde, James Butler, 1st Marquess of 1774 births 1838 deaths

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Marriage and children

Elevation to marquessate

See also

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