Thomas Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir (before 1568 – 31 January 1626/27) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the son of

Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir Sir Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir, Caher, or ''Cahier'' (died 1596) was the first baron Cahir of the second creation, which occurred in 1583. Birth and origin Theobald was the eldest son of Piers Butler and his wife, ...

and Mary Cusack. He succeeded to the title on 28 April 1596.Lodge, Edmund, ''The genealogy of the existing British peerage with brief sketches of the family history of the nobility'', 1832, pg 160.

Marriage and issue

He married, firstly, his distant cousin Eleanor Butler, who was the daughter of

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 illegitim ...

and Eleanor Butler (a granddaughter of the 8th Earl of Ormond), before October 1598, but had no issue. He married, secondly, Ellice Fitzgerald, daughter of Sir John Fitzgerald, after 1601. They had a daughter, *Margaret Butler (born circa 1606, died 1632) who married

Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne (1595–1640) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early seventeenth century. His short life was full of violence and disputes over the Dunboyne inheritance. His father was murdered when Edmond was a small chil ...

. They had eight children, including James, 4th Baron Dunboyne, and Eleanor, mother of the 4th

Baron Cahir Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...

. As this marriage was also without male issue, the barony devolved upon his nephew

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who was the third son of the baron's uncle, Piers Butler. His widow remarried

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and had further issue.

Career

In 1599

Cahir Castle Cahir Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Cathrach), one of the largest castles in Ireland, is sited on an island in the river Suir. It was built from 1142 by Conchobar Ua Briain, King of Thomond. Now situated in Cahir town centre, County Tipperary, the ...

was captured by the

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. During the

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Thomas was held prisoner, although his wife and brother refused to give up the castle. In 1599 he joined in Tyrone's rebellion, but then surrendered and was

attainted In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life, property and hereditary ...

. On 27 May 1601, he was pardoned of all

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

and other crimes.

References

16th-century Anglo-Irish people 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Barons in the Peerage of Ireland 1560s births 1620s deaths

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Marriage and issue

Career

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