Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet
Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.[2] In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1784.[3]
Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801.[4] Subsequently, he represented County Carlow in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1802 general election.[5]
On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham.[6] They had at least a daughter and three sons.[2] His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871.[7][8]
Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
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- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 189.
- ^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 5 March 1870. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 25 February 1871. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- 1761 births
- 1817 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- Irish MPs 1783–1790
- Irish MPs 1790–1797
- Irish MPs 1798–1800
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies
- Politicians from County Carlow
- High Sheriffs of Carlow
- Butler dynasty
- Butler baronets, of Cloughgrenan
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Carlow constituencies (1801–1922)
- UK MPs 1801–1802