Butler (surname)
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Butler is a surname
that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
As family name of the Earl of Ormonde:
Also:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
- an EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller. It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine. - in IrelandIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
, a noble family and dynastyButler dynastyButler dynasty refers to the several branches of the Butler family that has its origins in the Cambro-Norman family that participated in the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Variant spellings include le Boteler and le Botiller. The surname has its origins in the hereditary office of... - a GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
surname, originating in PrussiaPrussiaPrussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
before the 11th century, that gained notoriety in the High Middle AgesHigh Middle AgesThe High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
. - an Anglicisation of the FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
surname Boutilier, a cognateCognateIn linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus . Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are usually not meant by the term, e.g...
of the English name.
Notable people with the surname Butler
- Alban ButlerAlban ButlerAlban Butler , English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer, was born at Appletree, Northamptonshire.He was educated at the English College, Douai, where on his ordination to the priesthood in 1735 he held successively the chairs of philosophy and divinity...
, English Catholic priest, author of Butler's Lives of the Saints - Amir ButlerAmir ButlerAmir Butler is an author and engineer. Born in the United Kingdom, he currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.Amir Butler's views on Muslims in Australia were quoted in the past in the Australian media, sometimes critically...
, British-Australian writer on Islam - Andrew Butler (disambiguation)
- Arthur Butler (disambiguation)
- Austin ButlerAustin ButlerAustin Robert Butler is an American actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his feature films roles as Jake Pearson in Aliens in the Attic and as Peyton Leverette in the High School Musical spin-off film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, as well as for his television roles as James on Zoey 101,...
, star on Zoey 101 and iCarly - Benjamin Butler (disambiguation)
- Bernard ButlerBernard ButlerBernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...
, English musician, of McAlmont and Butler - Bill Butler (disambiguation)
- Blair ButlerBlair ButlerBlair Butler is an American stand-up comic, and a television host, known for her work on the "Fresh Ink" segment on the G4 program, Attack of the Show!.-Career:...
, American comedy writer/comedienne - Brenda ButlerBrenda ButlerBrenda Butler, a British UFOlogist was one of the first investigators to break the story of the Rendlesham Forest Incident, along with Dot Street and Jenny Randles when she wrote her book "Sky Crash".-External links:*...
, British UFOlogist - Brett Butler (disambiguation)
- Bryon ButlerBryon ButlerEwart Bryon Butler was an English writer and broadcaster, best known as the BBC's football correspondent from 1968 to 1991....
, English sports writer and broadcaster - Caron ButlerCaron ButlerJames Caron Butler, widely known as Caron Butler , is an American professional basketball player who most recently played at small forward for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.-Early life:...
, American basketball player - Chad ButlerChad ButlerChad Matthew Butler is the drummer for the band Switchfoot which he co-founded along with Jon and Tim Foreman in 1996...
, drummer - Charles Butler (disambiguation)
- Charlie Butler-HendersonCharlie Butler-HendersonCharlie Butler-Henderson is a British auto racing driver who now works as a racing instructor and presenter. He is part of a family which are strongly involved with motorsport...
, British motor racing driver - Cher Butler, American model and actress
- Christine ButlerChristine ButlerChristine Margaret Butler is a politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
, British politician - Christopher ButlerChristopher ButlerBasil Christopher Butler OSB , was a convert from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church, a Roman Catholic priest, the 7th Abbot of Downside Abbey, one-time Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation, a bishop, an internationally respected scripture scholar, a consistent...
, English Catholic bishop - Chris Butler (disambiguation)Chris Butler (disambiguation)Chris Butler may refer to:* Chris Butler , British Conservative Party politician* Chris Butler , ice hockey player* Chris Butler , American musician with The Waitresses...
- Clifford Charles ButlerClifford Charles ButlerSir Clifford Charles Butler FRS was an English physicist, best known for the discovery of the hyperon and meson types of particles...
, English physicist, co-discoverer of hyperons and K-mesons - Dan ButlerDan ButlerDaniel Eugene "Dan" Butler is an American playwright and actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series Frasier.- Life and career :...
, American actor - Dean ButlerDean Butler (actor)Dean Butler was born May 20, 1956, in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, is an American movie and television actor and producer of documentaries....
, Canadian/American actor - Da'Sean ButlerDa'Sean ButlerDa'Sean Butler is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs and was on assignment in the NBA D-League for the Austin Toros. In November 2011 he joined for trial period to Latvian Basketball League club Rīgas VEF...
(born 1988), American basketball player - David Butler (disambiguation)
- Dawn ButlerDawn ButlerDawn Petula Butler is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 2005 to 2010, and was Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement in the Cabinet Office...
, British politician - Daws ButlerDaws ButlerCharles Dawson "Daws" Butler was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.Daws Butler trained many working actors...
, American voice actor - Dennis ButlerDennis ButlerDennis Anthony Butler is an English former footballer and football manager. He played as a winger for Bolton Wanderers between 1959 and 1968, before ending his playing career following a five year spell at Rochdale...
, former football manager - Domovoi ButlerDomovoi ButlerDomovoi Butler is a fictional character in the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Known for his skill and strength, he is the bodyguard and mentor of the main character of the series, .-Role:...
, fictional character from Artemis Fowl (series) - Duane ButlerDuane ButlerDuane Butler is a former National Football League, XFL and Canadian Football League linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes.-College career:Duane Butler attended Illinois State University...
, American football player - Edward Butler (disambiguation)
- Ellis Parker ButlerEllis Parker ButlerEllis Parker Butler was an American author.Butler was born in Muscatine, Iowa. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a...
, American writer - Eleanor Butler (disambiguation)
- Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler, later Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
- Elizabeth Beardsley ButlerElizabeth Beardsley ButlerElizabeth Beardsley Butler was a pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era. She is best known for her contributions to The Pittsburgh Survey, a landmark study of social conditions in an American city....
, American surveyor of social conditions - Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English judge
- Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, English artist
- Faykan Butler, fictional character from the Dune universe
- Francis ButlerFrancis ButlerFrancis Butler was an American author, veterinarian, and dog trainer, who lived in New York until his death. His success with the training and control of dogs is said to have been remarkable. He is also noted for being the first recorded owner of a Great Dane in the United States.Butler was...
, American writer and dog-trainer - Frank Butler (disambiguation)
- Geezer ButlerGeezer ButlerGeezer Butler is an English musician and songwriter. Butler is best known as the bassist and lyricist of heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He was also involved in Heaven & Hell from 2006 to 2010.-Career:Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed, with old friend John "Ozzy" Osbourne in the autumn of...
, English musician, bass guitar player in Black Sabbath - George Butler (disambiguation)
- Gerard ButlerGerard ButlerGerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
, Scottish actor - Guy Butler (disambiguation)
- Harry ButlerHarry ButlerWilliam Henry "Harry" Butler CBE is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant. He is a populariser of science and natural history for both child and adult audiences and, as conservation consultant to the Barrow Island oilfield and many other projects, has played a major role in...
, Australian naturalist - Henry ButlerHenry ButlerHenry Butler is an American jazz pianist.He is known for his technique and his ability to play in many styles of music. Referred to by Dr...
, American jazz pianist - Henry Montagu ButlerHenry Montagu ButlerHenry Montagu Butler was an English academic.He was the son of a previous Headmaster of Harrow School, George Butler and his wife Sarah Maria née Gray. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he married Georgina Elliot in 1861...
(1833–1918), English academic - Hubert ButlerHubert ButlerHubert Marshal Butler was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide-range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II.-Early life:...
, Irish essayist - Hugo ButlerHugo ButlerHugo D. Butler was a Canadian born screenwriter working in Hollywood who was blacklisted by the movie studios in the 1950s.-Biography:Born in Calgary, Alberta, his father had acted and written scripts in silent films...
, Canadian screenwriter - Jack Butler (disambiguation)
- James Butler (disambiguation)
- Jerry Butler (disambiguation)
- John Butler (disambiguation)
- Jonathan ButlerJonathan ButlerJonathan Butler is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.-Biography:...
, South African singer-songwriter - Joseph Butler (disambiguation)
- Josephine ButlerJosephine ButlerJosephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was especially concerned with the welfare of prostitutes...
, English activist of the Victorian era - Judith ButlerJudith ButlerJudith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at the University of California, Berkeley.Butler received her Ph.D...
, American feminist philosopher and queer theorist - Kevin Butler (disambiguation)
- Larry Butler (producer), American country music producer
- Larry Butler (darts player)Larry Butler (darts player)Larry Butler is an American darts player, who was the winner of the 1994 PDC World Matchplay Darts Championship. This success made him the first, and so far only American player to have won a major darts tournament in Europe....
, American darts player - LaVerne ButlerLaVerne ButlerLaVerne L. Butler was a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and college president in Kentucky who was a leader in the "Conservative Resurgence" in his denomination during the 1970s and 1980s.-Background:...
(1926–2010), Kentucky clergyman and college president - Lee Pierce ButlerLee Pierce ButlerLee Pierce Butler was a professor at the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. He was one of the first to use the term "library science" Lee Pierce Butler (1884 – 1953) was a professor at the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. He was one of the first to use the...
, American academic and librarian - LeRoy ButlerLeRoy ButlerLeRoy Butler, III is a former American football strong safety who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers . He spent his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times while undergoing therapy...
, American football player - Louis B. ButlerLouis B. ButlerLouis Bennett Butler, Jr. is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Jim Doyle in August 2004; his term expired on July 31, 2008. He is the first African-American to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.Louis Butler was born and...
, American judge - Manley Caldwell Butler (born 1925), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Mario ButlerMario ButlerMario Butler is a former basketball player who acquired much fame across Latin America, specially in his native Panama and in...
, Panamanian basketball player - Marion ButlerMarion ButlerMarion Butler was a Populist U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.-Early life:Butler was born in rural Sampson County, North Carolina during the American Civil War. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Philanthropic...
, American politician - Matthew ButlerMatthew ButlerMatthew Calbraith Butler was an American military commander and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the...
, American Confederate general - Michael Butler (disambiguation)
- Mildred Anne ButlerMildred Anne ButlerMildred Anne Butler, R.A. R.W.S. was an Irish artist, who worked in watercolour and oil of landscape, genre and animal subjects...
(1858–1941), Irish artist - Sir Milo ButlerMilo ButlerMilo Butler, GCMG was a Bahamian administrator. He was appointed as the first Bahamian Governor-General on the recommendation of Lynden Pindling, prime minister of The Bahamas and leader of the Progressive Liberal Party , of which he was also a member...
, first Bahamian-born and first Black Governor-General of The Bahamas - Montagu C. ButlerMontagu C. ButlerMontagu Christie Butler, was a British academic, librarian and musician. A winner of several prizes at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he was a harpist and a versatile music teacher skilled in playing various musical instruments, as well as a teacher of voice and of musical composition.He...
, Esperantist, for whom the Montagu Butler Library is named - Nicholas M. ButlerNicholas M. ButlerNicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize...
, American academic administrator and politician - Norman 3X Butler, convicted for the killing of Malcolm X
- Octavia E. ButlerOctavia E. ButlerOctavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.- Background :Butler...
, American science fiction writer - Ovid ButlerOvid ButlerOvid Butler was an attorney, newspaper publisher, and university founder from the state of Indiana, United States.-Personal life:...
, American abolitionist for whom Butler University is named - Paul Butler (disambiguation)
- Pierce Butler (disambiguation)Pierce Butler (disambiguation)Pierce Butler , U.S. Senator and Founding Father from South Carolina.Pierce Butler may also refer to:*Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, Anglo-Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland...
- Ralph ButlerRalph ButlerRalph T. Butler was a British songwriter, responsible for the lyrics of many popular songs of the 1930s and later, mostly with comic or novelty elements.He was active as a songwriter from the late 1920s until the mid-1950s...
, British lyricist - Rasual ButlerRasual ButlerRasual Butler is an American professional basketball player who plays for CB Gran Canaria in Spain. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Point Breeze area of south Philadelphia.-La Salle:...
, American basketball player - Reg ButlerReg ButlerReginald Cotterell Butler was an English sculptor. He studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small...
, English sculptor - Rhett ButlerRhett ButlerRhett Butler is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.-Role:In the beginning of the novel, we first meet Rhett at the Twelve Oaks Plantation barbecue, the home of John Wilkes and his son Ashley and daughters Honey and India Wilkes...
, fictional character from Gone with the Wind - Rich ButlerRich ButlerRichard Dwight Butler is a former outfielder for the Major League Baseball Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...
, Canadian baseball player - Richard Butler (disambiguation)
- Robert Butler (disambiguation)Robert Butler (disambiguation)Robert Butler may refer to:*Bob Butler , American football player*Bobby Butler , American football player*Bobby Butler , American ice hockey player...
- Robin Butler, British civil servant
- Samuel Butler (disambiguation)
- Serena ButlerSerena ButlerSerena Butler is a character in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Legends of Dune series, a trilogy of novels set during the Butlerian Jihad, the war against thinking machines only vaguely referred to in Frank Herbert's original Dune series....
, fictional character from the Dune universe - Smedley ButlerSmedley ButlerSmedley Darlington Butler was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, an outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S...
, Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC, son of Thomas S. Butler - Stan Butler from On The BusesOn The BusesOn the Buses was a British situation comedy created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney which was broadcast in the UK from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the Corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential...
played by Reg VarneyReg VarneyReginald Alfred "Reg" Varney was an English actor, most notable for his role as Stan Butler in 1970s TV sitcom On the Buses.-Early life:... - Steve ButlerSteve ButlerSteve Butler won six national driving championships in USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown open-wheel racing. Butler was highly regarded for his technical skills and performed chief mechanic duties on several of his winning race cars. He also communicated his view of racing to fans both as author and...
, American racing driver - Terry ButlerTerry ButlerTerry Butler of Tampa, Florida, U.S., is the current bassist in the death metal band Obituary. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death...
, American musician - Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler, otherwise known as Theobald le BotillerTheobald le BotillerTheobald le Botiller, also known as Theobald Boteler, Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler was the son of Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler and Maud le Vavasour. He had livery of his lands on 18 July 1222....
- Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Butler, 1st Chief Butler of Ireland, father of Theobald le Botiller
- Thomas Butler (disambiguation)
- Tom Butler (disambiguation)
- Tony Butler (disambiguation)Tony Butler (disambiguation)Tony Butler may refer to:* Tony Butler, sportscaster* Tony Butler , bassist for the Scottish new wave band Big Country* Tony Butler , English footballer...
- Torrey ButlerTorrey ButlerTorrey Butler is an American expatriate professional basketball player. He has played in Ireland and currently plays in Austria...
, American basketball player - Tubal Uriah ButlerTubal Uriah ButlerTubal Uriah "Buzz" Butler , was a Grenadian-born Spiritual Baptist preacher and labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago...
, Grenadian labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago - Vicki Butler-HendersonVicki Butler-HendersonVictoria "Vicki" Butler-Henderson is a racing driver and television presenter.-Biography:Butler-Henderson was born into a racing family. Her grandfather used to race a Frazer Nash at Brooklands, her father was in the British karting team and her brother Charlie is a racing driver. She has an older...
, English racing driver - W. E. ButlerW. E. ButlerWalter Ernest Butler , was a working occultist and esoteric author in Britain. His first training in the mysteries was with Robert King, a bishop in the Liberal Catholic Church, who trained him as a medium. Butler later became a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, himself...
, British occultist - Walter Butler (disambiguation)
- Win ButlerWin ButlerWin Butler is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire. His wife Régine Chassagne and his brother William Butler are both members of the band.-Life and career:...
, American musician - William Butler (disambiguation)
- Yancy ButlerYancy ButlerYancy Victoria Butler is an American television and movie actress known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 John Woo film Hard Target and as Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama Witchblade.-Early life:...
, American actress
As family name of the Earl of Ormonde:
- James Butler, 1st Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond , was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland.-Ancestry:He was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland, and Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick...
(c. 1305-1337) - James Butler, 2nd Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376....
(d. 1382) - James Butler, 3rd Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 3rd Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond , was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He acceded to the title in 1382 and built Gowran Castle three years later making it his usual residence, whence his common epithet, The Earl of Gowran.-Career:In 1391 he purchased Kilkenny Castle by deed from Sir Hugh le...
(d. 1405) - James Butler, 4th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 4th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond and Anne Welles. He was called The White Earl and esteemed for his learning. He was the patron of the Irish literary work, 'The Book of the White Earl'...
(d. 1452) - James Butler, 5th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 5th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, KG was born on 24 November 1420. He was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp...
(1421–1462) - John Butler, 6th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 6th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond was born before 1449 and died in 1478. He was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp...
(d. 1478) - Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of OrmondeThomas Butler, 7th Earl of OrmondeThomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, P.C. was the youngest son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp...
(d. 1515) - Piers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondePiers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondePiers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Ossory , also known as Red Piers, was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland.-Claims to the title:...
(d. 1539)(also 1st Earl of Ossory) - James Butler, 9th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 9th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald...
(d. 1546) - Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (d. 1614)
- Walter Butler, 11th Earl of OrmondeWalter Butler, 11th Earl of OrmondeWalter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde and 4th Earl of Ossory , was an Irish peer, the son of John Butler of Kilcash and of Lady Katherine MacCarthy, herself the daughter of Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 10th Prince of Carbery...
(d. 1632) - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and 12th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
(1610–1688) created Duke in 1661 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and 13th Earl of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
(1665–1745) - Charles Butler, 3rd Duke of Ormonde and 14th Earl of OrmondeCharles Butler, 1st Earl of ArranLieutenant-General Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran , de jure 3rd Duke of Ormonde was an Irish peer. His uncle Richard was the 1st Earl of Arran of the first creation. The titles were re-created for Charles in 1693. He was younger son of the 6th Earl of Ossory and Emilia von Nassau...
(d. 1758) - John Butler, 15th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 15th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde and 8th Earl of Ossory was born before 1744 and died on 24 June 1766. He was the son of Thomas Butler of Garryricken and Lady Margaret Burke who was the daughter of William Burke, the Earl of Clanricarde...
(d. 1766) - Walter Butler, 16th Earl of OrmondeWalter Butler, 16th Earl of OrmondeWalter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde and 9th Earl of Ossory , succeeded his first cousin as de jure Earl of Ormonde but did not assume the honours.-Ancestry:* Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond...
(1703–1783) - John Butler, 17th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 17th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and 10th Earl of Ossory was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament . He represented Gowran between 1776 and 1783, and Kilkenny City between 1783 and 1792...
(1740–1795) - Walter Butler, 18th Earl of Ormonde (1770–1820) created Marquess of Ormonde (Ireland) in 1816
- James Wandesford Butler, 19th Earl of Ormonde (1777–1838) created Marquess of Ormonde (UK) in 1825)
- John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and 20th Earl of OrmondeJohn Butler, 2nd Marquess of OrmondeJohn Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, KP was an Irish politician and peer.He was the son of James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde and Grace Louisa Staples. He married Frances Jane Paget, daughter of General Hon...
(1808–1854) - James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde and 21st Earl of Ormonde (1844–1919)
- James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde and 22nd Earl of Ormonde (1849–1943)
- James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde and 23rd Earl of Ormonde (1890–1949)
- James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde and 24th Earl of Ormonde (1893–1971)
- James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde and 25th Earl of Ormonde (1899–1997) (his presumed successors in the Earldoms of Ormonde and Ossory have been the 17th and 18th Viscount MountgarretViscount MountgarretViscount Mountgarret is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1550 for the Hon. Richard Butler, younger son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde. His grandson, the third Viscount, was outlawed and excepted from pardon in 1652, one year after his death...
, descending in the male line from a younger son of the 8th Earl, but the claim has not been proven)
Also:
- Richard Butler, 1st Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 1st Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond and Lady Margaret Fitzgerald. He married his first cousin Eleanor Butler, daughter of Theobald Butler of Polestown, the illegitimate brother of the 8th Earl of Ormond...
(1500–1571) - Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 2nd Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret , was the son of Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret and Eleanor Butler. He married Grany or Grizzel FitzPatrick, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory....
(d. 1602) - Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret and Grany or Grizzel, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory...
(1578–1651) - Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 4th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Richard, third viscount Mountgarret. He acceded to his title on the death of his father in 1651 and retained his lands in the north and east of Kilkenny while many others whose families had been involved in the Catholic Confederacy lost theirs...
(1595–1679) - Richard Butler, 5th Viscount Mountgarret (d. 1706)
- Edmund Butler, 6th Viscount Mountgarret (1663–1735)
- Richard Butler, 7th Viscount Mountgarret (1685–1736)
- James Butler, 8th Viscount Mountgarret (1686–1749)
- Edmund Butler, 9th Viscount Mountgarret (1687–1751)
- Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret (d. 1779)
- Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 11th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret and Charlotte Bradstreet, daughter of Sir Simon Bradstreet, 1st Bart. He married with Henrietta Butler, daughter of Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick on...
(1745–1793) - Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 1st Earl of KilkennyEdmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret was created Earl of Kilkenny on 20 December 1793. The son of Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and Henrietta Butler, he was thus a member of the powerful Butler Dynasty descended from the illustrious House of Butler of Ormond,...
(1771–1846) - Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret (1816–1900)
- Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount MountgarretHenry Butler, 14th Viscount MountgarretHenry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret was a British aristocrat.He was the son of Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret and inherited the viscountcy on his death in 1900....
(1844–1912) - Edmund Somerset Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret (1875–1918)
- Piers Henry Augustine Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret (1903–1966)
- Richard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 17th Viscount MountgarretRichard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Piers Henry Augustus Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret and Eglantine Christie...
(1936–2004) - Piers James Richard Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret (born 1961)
See also
- Butler (disambiguation)Butler (disambiguation)Butler may refer to:* Butler or majordomo, the title of a domestic worker, whose duties traditionally include taking care of any wishes of the family and the management of the other servants of the household....
- Lambert & ButlerLambert & ButlerLambert & Butler is a British cigarette brand launched in 1979. The brand sells £1.379 billion worth of cigarettes every year. Due to Imperial Tobacco not owning the copyright on the original name, Lambert & Butler is known in some countries as L&B or Great & British...
, cigarette brand - Butler ActButler ActThe Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of man’s origin. It was enacted as Tennessee Code Annotated Title 49 Section 1922...
- Butler PartyButler PartyThe British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party, also known as the Butler Home Rule Party and more commonly as the Butler Party, were a series of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago organised by T.U.B. Butler.-History:...
- Butler ReviewButler ReviewOn February 3, 2004, the British Government announced an inquiry into the intelligence relating to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction which played a key part in the Government's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. A similar investigation was set up in the USA...