Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick, PC (6 September 1718 – 15 April 1774), known as the Viscount Ikerrin from 1721 to 1744, was the son of Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin and Margaret Hamilton, daughter and co-heiress of James Hamilton of

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and Sophie Mordaunt. He succeeded his brother James Butler as the 8th Viscount Ikerrin on 20 October 1721. Subsequently, he was invested as a

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on 14 April 1746. He was awarded an

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honorary degree by

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on 23 February 1747. He was created

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(second creation) on 10 June 1748.Digital copy of The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 82, Part 2
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The name "Carrick" refers to the town of

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. It was also the title of his remote ancestor,

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(of the first creation).

Marriage and Children

On 18 May 1745, he married Lady Juliana Boyle, daughter of

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and Lady Henrietta Boyle. They had five children. # Henry Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick (19 May 1746 – 20 July 1813), married Sarah Taylor. #Hon. James Butler (5 August 1747 – December 1747) #Lady Margaret Butler (23 January 1748 – April 1775), married

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. #Lady Henrietta Butler (15 August 1750 – 20 June 1785), married

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. #Hon. Pierce Butler-Cooper (15 August 1750 – 5 May 1826), married Catherine Roth, daughter of Richard Roth, Esq.

References

* Cokayne, George E. ''Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.'' London: G. Bell & sons, 1887
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Accessed November 9, 2007 * Lodge, Edmund. ''The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage.'' London: Saunders and Otley, 1832
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Accessed November 11, 2007 , - 1718 births 1774 deaths Members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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