Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough

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Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough (28 October 1918 – 21 December 1998), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. Lord Lanesborough also held the titles 10th Viscount Lanesborough and 12th Baron Newtown-Butler.

Family[]

Lord Lanesborough, when he was still styled as Baron Newtown-Butler, married Bettyne Ione Everard, daughter of Sir William Lindsay Everard, on 20 December 1939 and had two daughters: The Honourable Georgina Ione Butler (15 August 1941 – 28 December 1947) and Lady Denyne Butler (born 23 February 1945). Lanesborough divorced his first wife in 1950 and married his secretary Patricia Julia Meston, daughter of F.W. Meston, M.C., in 1995. Lanesborough died on 27 December 1998 and his second wife Patrica Julia, Countess of Lanesborough, died on 5 March 2015.[1]

Swithland Estate[]

Lanesborough inherited Swithland Hall, and an estate of 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), from his father, The 8th Earl of Lanesborough, in 1950. However, the death duties entailed in the inheritance resulted in the sale of the majority of the estate.

The family's Irish seat had been Lanesborough Lodge, located on the Lanesborough Demesne at Quivvy, a townland just outside Belturbet, in County Cavan. The lodge and demesne were located on a small peninsula on the shores of Upper Lough Erne, directly opposite County Fermanagh. Lanesborough Lodge was burned to the ground in the early 1920s. The Butler family sold off the demesne shortly afterwards.

Career[]

Lord Lanesborough's hobby was 600-foot model railways, a replica of the Fort William-to-Carlisle line, with 300 pieces of rolling stocks which had to be dismantled with to reduce death duties.[2] Lanesborough eventually applied to British Rail for employment driving trains, which was declined; however, he was successful with application to sell cars. After the death of his mother, The Dowager Countess of Lanesborough, he sold Swithland Hall and moved to Kegworth Lodge before health reasons resulted in his moving to Scotland.[citation needed]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough hide
Coronet
A Coronet of an Earl
Crest
1st: A Wyvern with wings elevated and tail nowed Or the dexter paw supporting a Shield Argent thereon a Bend Gules charged with three Martlets Gold (Danvers); 2nd: A Demi Cockatrice couped Vert wings elevated Argent combed beaked wattled and ducally gorged Or (Butler)
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a Chevron wavy between three Mullets of six points radiant Or pierced Azure (Danvers); 2nd and 3rd, Argent three Covered Cups in bend between two Bendlets engrailed Sable (Butler)
Supporters
On the dexter side a Cockatrice Vert with wings elevated Argent combed beaked wattled and ducally gorged Or, and on the sinister side a Wyvern Vert gorged with a Plain Collar and chained Or
Motto
Liberte Tout Entiere (Liberty entire)

References[]

  1. ^ "Lanesborough, Patricia (obituary)". The Telegraph. 5 March 2015.
  2. ^ "The model train took the strain". The Guardian. 29 December 1998.


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