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Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall

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Richard Butler
Representative peer for Ireland
In office
1800–1819
Personal details
Born(1775-11-13)13 November 1775
Died30 January 1819(1819-01-30) (aged 43)
Political partyTory
Spouse
Emily Jefferyes
(m. 1793)
Children4, including Richard
Parent

The Rt Hon. Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall (13 November 1775 – 30 January 1819), known as The 10th Baron Cahir before 1816, was an Irish peer.

Biography

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He was the son and heir of James Butler, 9th Baron Cahir, and Sarah Nicholls. In July 1788, he succeeded to his father's title and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[1] Following the implementation of the Acts of Union in January 1801, Lord Cahir, as he then was styled, was elected as one of the original 28 Irish representative peers, and took his seat on the Tory benches in the British House of Lords. On 22 January 1816, he was created Viscount Cahir and Earl of Glengall, both titles in the Peerage of Ireland.

Marriage and issue

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On 15 August 1793, the then Lord Cahir married Emily Jefferyes, daughter of James St. John Jefferyes and Arabella FitzGibbon, sister of The 1st Earl of Clare. They had four children:[2]

Lord Glengall was succeeded by his only son, Richard, Viscount Cahir.[3]

References

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  1. ^ John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.
  2. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1839). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 229. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New post Representative peer for Ireland
1800–1819
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Glengall
1816–1819
Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron Cahir
1788–1819