Brinsley Butler, 1st Viscount Lanesborough (1670–6 March 1735) was an Irish politician and peer. Butler was the son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones. He represented Kells in the

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between 1703 and 1713, before sitting for

Belturbet Belturbet (; ) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around north of Cavan town and from Dublin. It is also located around south of the border with County Fermanagh, part of Northern Ireland, and is from Enniskillen. ...

from 1713 to 1724. Upon the death of his brother Theophilus Butler on 11 March 1724 he succeeded to his

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and assumed his seat in the

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. In 1726 was made a member of the

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. In 1728 he was created Viscount Lanesborough in the

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.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.75 (Retrieved 2 April 2020). He married Catharine Pooley, with whom he had twenty-three children, although only five survived infancy. He was succeeded in his titles by his son, Humphrey Butler, who was made Earl of Lanesborough in 1756.

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