John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran

John Butler, Earl of Gowran (1643–1677) was an MP in the Irish Parliament before being created Earl of Gowran in 1676.

John Butler
Earl of Gowran
Born1643
probably at Kilkenny Castle
DiedAugust 1677
Paris
FamilyButler dynasty
Spouse(s)Anne Chichester
FatherJames Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
MotherElizabeth Preston
ReligionProtestant

Birth and origins

John was born in 1643, probably at Kilkenny Castle, as the sixth child of James Butler and his wife Elizabeth Preston. His father was the 1st Duke of Ormond and an eminent member of the Butler dynasty. Thomas's mother was a second cousin once removed of his father. She was the heiress of Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond. His parents married on Christmas Day 1629.[1]

Family tree
John Butler with wife, parents, and other selected relatives. His marriage was childless.
James
9th Earl

1496–1546
Joan
FitzGerald

d. 1565
Thomas
10th Earl
c. 1531
– 1614
Black Tom
Elizabeth
Sheffield
John of
Kilcash

d. 1570
Elizabeth
Butler

c. 1585
– 1628
Richard
Preston
1st Earl
Desmond

d. 1628)
Walter
11th Earl

1559 – 1633
'Beads'
Thomas
Viscount
Thurles

bef. 1596 –
1619
Elizabeth
Pointz

1587–1673
Elizabeth
Preston

1615–1684
James
1st Duke

1610–1688
Richard
of
Kilcash

1615–1701
Thomas
6th Earl
Ossory

1633–1680
John
1st Earl
Gowran

1643–1677
Anne
Chichester
Walter
of
Garryricken

d. 1700
James
2nd Duke
Ormond

1665–1745
Charles
1st Earl
Arran

1671–1758
Thomas
of
Garryricken

d. 1738
John
de jure
15th Earl

d. 1766
Legend
XXXJohn
Butler
XXXEarls & dukes
of Ormond
This family tree is partly derived from the condensed Butler family tree pictured in Dunboyne.[2] Also see the lists of siblings in the text.

John was one of 10 siblings, but five died in childhood.[3]

In Parliament

On 20 August 1662, during the Irish Parliament (1661–1666), the only one held in the reign of Charles II (1660–1685), he replaced his brother Thomas as the member (MP) for Trinity College as Thomas had been summoned to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration as Earl of Ossory and could therefore not sit any more in the House of Commons.[10]

Marriage and children

He married Lady Anne Chichester, only daughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall.[11]

Later life

On 13 April 1676 John Butler was created Baron Aghrim, Viscount Clonmore and Earl of Gowran, all in the Peerage of Ireland.

Death

He travelled to Paris for the recovery of his health but died there in August 1677, aged about 34.[12]

He left no issue and his titles died with him.

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See also

Notes and references

  1. Airy 1886, p. 53, line 2: "... the marriage took place on Christmas of the same year [1629] ..."
  2. Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17: "Butler Family Tree condensed"
  3. Perceval-Maxwell 2004, p. 130, right column, line 3: "... between 1632 and 1646 Elizabeth ... gave birth to eight sons including Richard Butler, five of whom died as children, and two daughters."
  4. Cokayne 1895, p. 150: "THOMAS BUTLER, styled Earl of Ossory ('the gallant Ossory') 2d but 1st surv. s. and h. app., b. at Kilkenny 5 July 1634 ..."
  5. Burke 1949, p. 1540, right column, line 31: "RICHARD, cr. 13 May 1662 Baron Butler, Viscount of Tullogh and EARL OF ARRAN ..."
  6. Debrett 1828, p. 114, bottom: "PHILIP, 2nd earl m. 1st Anne, da. of Algernon Percy, earl of Northumberland; 2ndly Elizabeth, da. of James Butler, duke of Ormond; and 3rd ..."
  7. Hamilton 1888, p. 181: "Hamilton, therefore was no further embarrassed than to preserve Lady Chesterfield's reputation, who, in his opinion, declared herself rather too openly in his favour ..."
  8. Pepys 1893, p. 360: "He tells me also how the Duke of York is smitten in love with my Lady Chesterfield (a virtuous Lady, daughter of my Lord Ormond); and so much, that the duchess of York hath complained to the king and her father about it, and my Lady Chesterfield is gone into the country for it."
  9. Burke 1949, p. 1540, right column, line 43: "Mary m. 1st Duke of Devonshire, K.G., and d. 31 July 1710, leaving issue."
  10. House of Commons 1878, p. 615: "1662 / 20 Aug. / Lord John Butler vice Earl of Ossory, summoned by writ to the House of Peers. / ditto [Dublin University]"
  11. Cokayne 1892, p. 64: "He m., Jan. 1674, Anne, da. and coheir of Arthur (CHICHESTER) 1st EARL of DONEGALL ..."
  12. Lodge 1789, p. 57, line 10: "... but his Lordship [John] travelling to Paris for the recovery of his health, died there in August 1677, leaving no issue, whereby the titles ceased."
  • Airy, Osmund (1886), "Butler, James, twelfth Earl and first Duke of Ormonde (1610–1688)", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, 8, New York: MacMillan and Co., pp. 52–60
  • Burke, Bernard (1949), A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.), London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1892), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, 4 (1st ed.), London: George Bell and Sons – G to K (for Gowran)
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1895), The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, 6 (1st ed.), London: George Bell and Sons – N to R (for Ormond)
  • Debrett, John (1828), Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1 (17th ed.), London: F. C. and J. Rivington - England
  • Dunboyne, Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, Baron (1968), Butler Family History (2nd ed.), Kilkenny: Rothe House
  • Hamilton, Anthony (1888), Memoirs of Count Grammont, translated by Walpole, Horace, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co
  • House of Commons (1878), "Members of Parliament", Parliamentary Papers, London: H. M. Stationery Office, 62
  • Lodge, John (1789), The Peerage of Ireland, 4, Dublin: James Moore – Viscounts (for Mountgarrett)
  • Pepys, Samuel (1893), Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (ed.), The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 2, London: George Bell & Sons – 1 April 1661 to 31 December 1661
  • Perceval-Maxwell, Michael (2004), "Butler [née Preston] Elizabeth, duchess of Ormond and suo jure Lady Dingwall (1615–1684)", in Matthew, Henry Colin Gray.; Harrison, Brian (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 9, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 130–131, ISBN 0-19-861359-8 (for his mother)
Peerage of Ireland
New title Earl of Gowran
1676–1677
Extinct
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