Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a

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near

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), PC (Ire) (1670 – 17 April 1732) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. In 1691, Butler was educated at

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and

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. In 1704, he succeeded his father as baronet. Butler represented

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in the

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from 1703 to 1715. In 1712, he was invested to the

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Marriage

In December 1697, he married Anne Galliard, daughter of Joshua Galliard. Butler died without male issue and thus the baronetcy went to his nephew

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Sir Pierce, 4th Baronet 1670 births 1732 deaths Pierce Politicians from County Carlow Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Members of Lincoln's Inn 17th-century Irish nobility Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Butler baronets, of Cloughgrenan Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

Marriage

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