Walter Butler of Polestown was High Sheriff of
County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1483.
He was the second son of Sir
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.
Career
Like his father before him, Edmund was the Lord Deputy to hi ...
. His nephew
Piers would become the 8th Earl of
Ormond.
[Byrne, Frances John, et al (2002). ''A New History of Ireland, Volume 9. '' New York: Oxford University Press, pg 169.] He was the father of
Edmond Butler of Polestown.
See also
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Butler dynasty
Butler ( ga, de Buitléir) is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde ...
References
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15th-century Irish politicians
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