John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde,
KP (24 August 1808 – 25 September 1854) was an Irish politician and peer.
Family
He was the son of
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde and Grace Louisa Staples. He married Frances Jane Paget, daughter of General Hon. Sir
Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer.
Career
Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792. He was Member ...
,
GCB and Lady Harriet Legge, on 19 September 1843.
He held the office of a
Lord-in-waiting
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between 1841 and 1852 and between 1853 and 1854 He was invested as a Knight,
Order of St Patrick
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(K.P.) in 1845. He was elected as
Member of Parliament (MP) for
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...
in 1830, and held the seat until 1832.
He was the author of ''An Autumn in Sicily'', Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1850.
Possible elevation to Dukedom
Lord Ormonde's son,
James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde is recorded as having written to the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a ...
, regarding the restoration of the Dukedom of Ormonde in October 1868. The third Marquess claimed that his grandfather,
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (then 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. 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. The 3rd Marquess also alleged in his letter to Prime Minister Disraeli that his father, the second Marquess, had resolved not to pursue the restoration of the Dukedom of Ormonde unless another peer was also elevated to a Dukedom during his lifetime.
[Disraeli, B., Gunn, J. A. W., Wiebe, M. G. (1982). Benjamin Disraeli Letters. United Kingdom: University of Toronto Press, p. 388]
Marriage and children
The Marquess and Marchioness had four sons and two daughters:
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James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844–1919), married Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor, daughter of
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, and had issue.
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Lady Mary Grace Louisa Butler (1846–1929), married
the Hon. William Henry Fitzwilliam and had issue.
* Lord James Herbert Thomas Butler (1847–1867).
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James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde (1849–1943), married Ellen Sprague and had issue.
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Lord Theobald Butler
Lord Theobald Butler (24 August 1852 – 16 June 1929) was a British clergyman who was the youngest son of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and his wife, Frances Jane Paget. At the time of his birth, he was the fourth son of Lord and Lady Ormon ...
(1852–1929), married Annabella Brydon and had issue, including
James Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde.
* Lady Blanche Henrietta Maria Butler (1854–1914), married
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
the Hon. Cuthbert Ellison Edwardes, son of the
3rd Baron Kensington, and had issue.
He was succeeded by his eldest son. His grave can be found in St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny.
Works
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References
External links
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1808 births
1854 deaths
Knights of St Patrick
John
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs who inherited peerages
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