Arthur Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde

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James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde (23 September 1849 – 4 July 1943) was the son of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and Frances Jane Paget. At the time of his birth, he was the third son of Lord and Lady Ormonde, and was christened James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler.

Career[]

Lord Arthur was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He later joined the army as a Lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards, and served as a State Stewart to Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon whilst the latter was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

He was a Justice of the Peace in the county of Kent and a Deputy Lieutenant in the County Kilkenny. He was the 28th Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland.[1] Unlike previous generations, he did not live in the family seat of Kilkenny Castle as his son inherited it directly from his uncle. The contents of the castle were sold in 1935 and the castle left neglected.[2]

Marriage and later life[]

He married the American heiress Ellen Stager (daughter of Gen. Anson Stager, of Chicago, Illinois) on 8 March 1887 and had four children:[3]

After they were married the couple were known as Lord and Lady Arthur Butler. Lady Arthur brought a personal fortune upon her marriage of US$1,000,000, which was the equivalent of approximately £200,000 in 1887. Her father, General Anson Stager was an early pioneer of the use of the Telegraph, and was the chief of U.S. Military Telegraph during the Civil War.[4]

In 1891, the couple were recorded as living at 21 Park Lane, City of Westminster, London.[5] and at Sandleford Priory, near Newbury, in 1897.[6]

In 1909, Lord and Lady Arthur purchased Gennings House in Kent, and leased 11 Bryanston Square in London. After Lord Arthur's brother died in 1919 and he became Marquess of Ormonde, Lord Ormonde's son George Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde inherited the bulk of the family estates in order to avoid double taxation. Pursuant to the will of the 3rd Marquess, Lord Ormonde was the beneficiary of an annual charge of £3,000 on the Ormonde Estate.[7]

In the 1920s the sister of Ellen, Marchioness of Ormonde, Mrs Annie Stager Hickox (of Cleveland, Ohio) died in Monte Carlo. She left a total estate of $847,207, half of which was left to Lady Ormonde.

His ashes lie in Ulcombe, Kent.[8] His son inherited the title from him.

Issue[]

Lord and Lady Ormonde had four children:

  • Lady Evelyn Frances Butler (b. 20 December 1887), married with Vice-Adm. Hon. Edmund Rupert Drummond, CB MVO RN (ret.), son of 10th Viscount Strathallan and brother of 15th Earl of Perth and has issue.
    • Anne Drummond (b. 30 June 1911)
    • Jean Constance Drummond (b. 20 August 1914)
    • James Ralph Drummond (b. 28 March 1918)
  • James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde (1890–1949)
    • James Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles (b. 18 August 1916)
    • Lady Moyra Rosamund Butler (b. 2 December 1920)
  • James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde (1893–1971)
    • Lady Jane Butler (b. 9 January 1925)
    • Lady Martha Butler (b. 14 January 1926)
  • Lady Eleanor Rachel Butler (b. 24 April 1894), married firstly Captain Edward Brassey Egerton and secondly William Henry Prior (known latterly as Lady Rachel Prior).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Peerage Online". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Lords of the Castle". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. X (new; 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes ed.). Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing. p. 167.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage
  4. ^ McD. Wallace, Carole (15 March 2012). To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery. London: Workman Publishing Company. p. 299.
  5. ^ York Herald, Thursday 29 Oct 1891; p. 4
  6. ^ Dundee Courier, Wednesday, 3 March 1897; p. 1
  7. ^ The Times (London, England), Thursday, 12 Feb 1920; p. 17; Issue 42332.
  8. ^ "Historic graves". Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
James Edward Butler 		Marquess of Ormonde
1919–1943 		Succeeded by
James George Butler
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