Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin
Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin (1683 – 7 March 1719) was an Irish nobleman.
He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland to and , daughter of Colonel Daniel Redman, of Ballylinch, County Kilkenny and Abigail Otway. He was a descendant of John Butler of Clonamicklon. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1] Thomas was a member of the clergy and Chaplain-General to the Army in Flanders. He married Margaret Hamilton, daughter and co-heiress of James Hamilton of Bangor, County Down and Sophia Mordaunt, daughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt and Elizabeth Carey. His elder brother Pierce Butler, 4th Viscount Ikerrin, a Brigadier general in the Army, died in 1711, leaving an infant son, James, who succeeded as 5th Viscount but died young, whereupon Thomas succeeded to the title.
Children[]
- (1714 – 20 October 1721), died at seven years of age
- Somerset Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick (6 September 1718 – 15 April 1774), also the 8th Viscount Ikerrin, married Lady Juliana Boyle and had issue.
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- ^ 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 p. 122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- The Peerage Accessed March 31, 2008
- Reilly, Emily Gorgiana Susanna Montgomery. Historical Anecdotes of the Families of the Boleynes, Careys, Mordaunts, Hamiltons and Jocelyns; Arr. As an Elucidation of the Genealogical Chart at Tollymore Park. (p. 71) Newry: J. Henderson, 1839. googlebooks Retrieved March 31, 2008
- 1683 births
- 1719 deaths
- Butler dynasty
- Ordained peers
- Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
- People from County Kilkenny
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin