Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699 – 25 November 1771) was an

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politician and baronet.

Early life

He was the eldest son of James Butler and Frances ( Abney) Parker Butler. His mother was the widow of Sir John Parker, who lived at Fermoyle in

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 612. His father was the second son of

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and his mother was a daughter of Sir Edward Abney, MP for

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Career

Butler represented

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in the

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from 1730 to 1761. In 1732, he succeeded his uncle

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as baronet.

Personal life

In 1728, he married Henrietta Percy (1701–1794), daughter of Sir Henry Percy and Eliza ( Paul) Percy. Her grandfather was Sir Anthony Percy,

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in 1699.George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes'' (); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 258. Together, they had four sons and six daughters, including: * Judith Butler (1730–1775), who married Thomas Tennant, Jr. *

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(1735–1772), MP for

and Portarlington who married Dorothea Bayly, only daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly,

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. * Ann Eliza Butler (1736–1764), who married William Steuart, son of Col. Hon. John Steuart (nephew and heir of William Steuart), in . * James Butler (1736–1787), a captain in the 1st Regiment of Horse who died unmarried. * Henrietta Butler (b. 1738), who married Nicholas Gordon. * Jane Butler (1741–1802), who married Nicholas Trench, son of Richard Trench. * Eleanor Butler (b. 1742), who married Edward Eustace, son of James Eustace, in 1765. *

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(1744–1822), a soldier,

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, signatory of the U.S. Constitution, and South Carolina's inaugural Senator in the

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. * William Butler of Broomville (1747–1789), who married Henrietta Nixon, daughter of Abraham Nixon. Sir Richard died on 25 November 1771 and was succeeded by his eldest son

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Descendants

His great-grandson, hereditary and absentee plantation owner Pierce Mease Butler, authorized

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of 1859 to pay gambling debts.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Sir Richard, 5th Baronet 1699 births 1771 deaths 17th-century Irish people Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies Politicians from County Carlow

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Butler baronets, of Cloughgrenan