Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler

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Arms of Butler, Earl of Lanesborough: Argent, three covered cups in bend between two bendlets engrailed sable[1]

Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler (1669 – 11 March 1724), was an Irish politician and peer.

Butler was the son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Cavan County between 1703 and 1713. In 1711, he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He then represented Belturbet from 1713 to 1714.[3] In 1715, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newtown-Butler in the Peerage of Ireland, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. The title was created with special remainder to the heirs male of his father; upon Lord Newtown-Butler dying without children in 1724, the title passed to his younger brother, Brinsley Butler, who was made Viscount Lanesborough in 1728. Theophilus married Emily Stopford, eldest daughter of the Cromwellian officer James Stopford of Newhall, County Meath and his second wife Mary Forth.

References[]

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, 1884, p.153
  2. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p. 76 (retrieved 2 April 2020).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by

 Member of Parliament for Cavan County
1703–1713
With: 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Belturbet
1713–1714
With: Brinsley Butler 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Newtown-Butler
1715–1724 		Succeeded by
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