Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the eldest son of

Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 – 7 October 1772) was an Irish politician and baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy. Butler sat for County Carlow in th ...

and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin. In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was appointed

High Sheriff of Carlow The High Sheriff of Carlow was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Carlow, Ireland from the 14th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Carlow County Sheriff. The sh ...

for 1784. Butler sat for

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in the

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from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801. Subsequently, he represented

in the

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until the 1802 general election. On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham. They had at least a daughter and three sons. His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played

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for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871. Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.

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Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

7 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Carlow constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1801–1802