John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and 10th Earl of Ossory (10 December 1740 – 25 December 1795) was an Irish

Ireland

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 peer and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP). He represented Gowran

Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 between 1776 and 1783, and Kilkenny City

Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 between 1783 and 1792. In 1791, his right to the Peerage was acknowledged in the Irish House of Lords

Irish House of Lords

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Ancestry

• Richard Butler of Kilcash
  Richard Butler of Kilcash
  Richard Butler of Kilcash was the second son of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles and the grandson of Walter Butler of Kilcash who inherited the earldom of Ormond from his uncle. While his father resided at Thurles Castle, Thurles, County Tipperary, Richard occupied the family estate of Kilcash...
  
  , the youngest son of Viscount Thurles, brother of the 1st Duke.
• Walter Butler of Garryricken (Kilcash), eldest son of Richard, great-grandson of the 11 Earl.

• Thomas Butler of Garryricken (Colonel)
  Thomas Butler of Garryricken (Colonel)
  Thomas Butler of Kilcash was the son of Walter Butler of Garryricken and Lady Mary Plunket, only daughter of Christopher, 2nd Earl of Fingall. He succeeded to the estates of his grandfather - Richard Butler of Kilcash...
  
  , eldest son of Walter.

• John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde
  John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde
  John 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...
  
  , son of Colonel Thomas, great-grandson of the 1st Duke.

• John Butler of Garryricken, second son of Walter and brother of Colonel Thomas, grand-nephew of the 1st Duke.

• Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde
  Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde
  Walter 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...
  
  , son of John, great-great-great-grandson of the 11th Earl and the first cousin of the 15th Earl.

• John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde, son of the 16th Earl and of Ellen Morris.

Marriage and issue

He married Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford, (also known as Anne) daughter and heiress of John Wandesford, 1st Earl of Wandesford and the 5th Viscount Castlecomer

Viscount Castlecomer

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 and Agnes Elizabeth Southall, on 14 February 1769.

• Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
  Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
  Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP was an Irish peer and politician. Partly to sustain his extravagant lifestyle, Walter gave up his hereditary right to the grant of the prisage of the wines of Ireland for an enormous sum of money. The right had been made to the 4th Chief Butler of Ireland...
  
   (1770-1820), who married Anna Maria Catherine Clarke, only daughter of Joseph Hart Pryce Clarke. The Marquisate was created in the Peerage of Ireland
  Peerage of Ireland
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• James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
  James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
  James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford....
  
   (1777-1838), who married Grace Louisa Staples, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Staples
  John Staples
  John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...
  
  . The Marquisate was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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• Charles Harward Butler (1781-1860), who married firstly Lady Sarah Butler
  Sarah Butler
  Sarah Butler is an American actress. She stars in the 2010 film I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the controversial 1978 film of the same title.-Biography:...
  
  , daughter of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and, secondly, Lucy French, daughter of Arthur French
  Arthur French
  Arthur French may refer to:* Arthur French, American actor* Arthur French , MP for the Irish constituency of Roscommon 1801–1821...
  
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• Eleanor Butler, died 1859, who married Cornelius O’Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore
  Viscount Lismore
  Viscount Lismore, of Shanbally, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Cornelius O'Callaghan, 2nd Baron Lismore, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tipperary. In 1838 he was made Baron Lismore, of Shanbally Castle in the County of Tipperary, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,...
  
  (1775-1857) in 1808. They were divorced in 1826.
• Elizabeth Butler, died 1822, married 1799, Thomas Kavanagh (1767-1837), The MacMorrough.