Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin (1683 – 7 March 1719) was an Irish nobleman. He was born in

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to James Butler, 3rd Viscount Ikerrin and Eleanor Redman, daughter of Colonel Daniel Redman, of Ballylinch, County Kilkenny and Abigail Otway. He was a descendant of

John Butler of Clonamicklon John Butler of Clonamicklon (or of Lismalin), (1305 – 6 January 1330) was born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland the youngest son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Joan FitzGerald. Once older he moved north from Lismalin and established a junior ...

. He was educated at

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p. 122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Thomas was a member of the clergy and Chaplain-General to the Army in

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. He married Margaret Hamilton, daughter and co-heiress of James Hamilton of

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and Sophia Mordaunt, daughter of

John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (18 June 1627 – 5 June 1675) was an English military officer and peer. Biography He was born in Lowick, Northamptonshire, the second son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard (d. 1 ...

and Elizabeth Carey. His elder brother

Pierce Butler, 4th Viscount Ikerrin Pierce Butler, 4th Viscount Ikerrin (c. 1677 – 1711), was an Irish peer, politician and professional soldier who rose to the rank of brigadier general under Queen Anne. He was outlawed as a Jacobite in 1690, when he was probably still in ...

, a Brigadier general in the Army, died in 1711, leaving an infant son, James, who succeeded as 5th Viscount but died young, whereupon Thomas succeeded to the title.

Children

* James Butler, 7th Viscount Ikerrin (1714 – 20 October 1721), died at seven years of age *

Somerset Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick 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 ...

(6 September 1718 – 15 April 1774), also the 8th Viscount Ikerrin, married Lady Juliana Boyle and had issue.

References

*Reilly, Emily Gorgiana Susanna Montgomery. ''Historical Anecdotes of the Families of the Boleynes, Careys, Mordaunts, Hamiltons and Jocelyns; Arr. As an Elucidation of the Genealogical Chart at Tollymore Park.'' (p. 71) Newry: J. Henderson, 1839
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Ordained peers Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Christian clergy from County Kilkenny Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Military personnel from County Kilkenny Irish military chaplains Irish soldiers in the British Army

Children

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