Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall

Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall (13 November 1775 – 30 January 1819), known as Lord Cahir before 1816, was an Irish peer.

He was the son and heir of James Butler, 9th Baron Cahir and Sarah Nicholls. In July 1788 he succeeded to his father's title and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[1] Following the implementation of the Acts of Union 1800, he was elected as one of the original 28 Irish representative peers, and took his seat on the Tory benches in the British House of Lords. On 22 January 1816 he was created Viscount Cahir and Earl of Glengall, both titles in the Peerage of Ireland.

Marriage and issue

On 15 August 1793, he married Emily Jefferyes, daughter of James St. John Jefferyes and Arabella FitzGibbon, sister of the first Earl of Clare. They had four children:[2]

Hon. Richard Butler (17 May 1794 – 22 June 1858)
Lady Harriet Anne Butler (1 January 1799 – 14 September 1860), married George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall
Lady Charlotte Butler Talbot (9 May 1809 – 22 March 1846), married Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, M.P.
Lady Emily Georgina Arabella (1812 –), married firstly Richard Pennefather (died 1849); secondly, General Henry Aitchison Hankey

He was succeeded by his only son, Richard Butler.[3]

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References

John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.
Lodge, Edmund (1839). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 229. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.

Political offices
Preceded by New position	Irish Representative Peer for Ireland 1800–1819	Succeeded by Earl Belmore
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Earl of Glengall 1816–1819	Succeeded by Richard Butler
New creation	Viscount Cahir 1816–1819
Preceded by James Butler	Baron Cahir 1788–1819

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[1] John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.

[2] Lodge, Edmund (1839). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Saunders and Otley. p. 229. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

[3] John Debrett, The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (1822), p.1073.