Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 – 7 October 1772)[1] 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.[2] Butler sat for Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768,[3] the same constituency several members of his family had represented before.[4] In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington[3] and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.[1]
Marriage and children
On 19 June 1759, Butler married Dorothea Bayly, only daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.[2] They had four daughters and four sons.[4] His oldest son Richard succeeded to the baronetcy.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Bt". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ a b c Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 189.
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Categories:
- 1735 births
- 1772 deaths
- Irish MPs 1761–68
- Irish MPs 1769–76
- Politicians from County Carlow
- People educated at Kilkenny College
- Butler dynasty
- 18th-century Irish people
- Butler baronets, of Cloughgrenan
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Portarlington