Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet

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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[]

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Bt". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b c 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. |volume= has extra text (help)
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1761–1768
With: 1761–1767
1767–1768 		Succeeded by
Preceded by

 Member of Parliament for Portarlington
1771–1772
With: 		Succeeded by

Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Cloughgrenan)
1771–1772 		Succeeded by
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