Thomas Butler of Garryricken | |
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Died | 1738 |
Family | Butler dynasty |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Burke |
Issue Detail | John & others |
Father | Walter Butler |
Mother | Mary Plunkett |
Colonel Thomas Butler of Garryricken (died 1738), also known as Thomas Butler of Kilcash was an Irish Jacobite soldier. He commanded a regiment, Thomas Butler's foot, during the Williamite War and fought at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691 where he was taken captive. His son John would, de jure, become the 15th Earl of Ormond.
Thomas was probably born at Garryricken, near Callan, County Kilkenny, as the eldest son of Walter Butler and his wife Mary Plunkett. His father, known as Walter Butler of Garryricken (died 1700), belonged to a cadet branch of the Butler Dynasty, being the son of Richard Butler of Kilcash (died 1701), who was a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Ormond. Thomas's father had built Garryricken House around 1660.[1] The Butler dynasty is an Old English family that descends from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177.[2]
Thomas's mother was the only daughter of Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall.[3]
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Thomas listed among his brothers |
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He heads the list of brothers below as the eldest:
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Thomas is known as Thomas Butler of Garryricken or as Thomas Butler of Kilcash[18][19][20][21] because he lived at Kilcash Castle and owned half of the Garryricken Manor;[22] his brother John had the other half and lived at Garryricken House.[23]
He fought for James II during the Williamite War in Ireland, being the colonel of an infantry regiment, known as "Thomas Butler's Foot".[24] Colonel Thomas Butler was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.[25]
In 1696, he married Margaret Burke, eldest daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde, widow of Bryan Magennis, Viscount Iveagh.[20] She is remembered by the Irish song Kilcash.[26]
Thomas and Margaret had three sons:
—and five daughters:
His father, Walter of Garryricken, died in 1700;[35] his grandfather, Richard of Kilcash, followed in 1701. His father therefore predeceased his grandfather by a year. His grandfather's estate was the Garryricken Manor given to him in 1639. The manor's lands were divided between Thomas and his brother John. Thomas received Kilcash while John received Garryricken.
Thomas Butler died in 1738.[20] He was succeeded by his son John, who would become the de jure 15th Earl of Ormond in 1658.
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As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages. | ||
Age | Date | Event |
0 | 1670, estimate | Born,[b] probably at Garryricken House |
2–3 | 1673 | Brother Christopher born |
14–15 | 1685, 6 Feb | Accession of King James II, succeeding King Charles II[36] |
18–19 | 1689, 13 Feb | Accession of William and Mary, succeeding King James II[37] |
20–21 | 1691, 12 Jul | Taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim |
25–26 | 1696 | Married Margaret Magennis[20] |
29–30 | 1700 | Father predeceased grandfather. |
30–31 | 1701 | Inherited Kilcash at the death of his grandfather |
43–44 | 1714, 1 Aug | Accession of King George I, succeeding Queen Anne[38] |
67–68 | 1738 | Died[20] |