Sir Richard Butler of Poletown, County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

 (died 20 August 1619), was a descendant of the Butler family - the Earls of Ormond. He was the third son of Edmond Butler of Polestown. He was invested as a Knight on 21 April 1605. His older brother Peter

Peter Butler of Roscrea

Peter Butler of Roscrea, North Tipperary, was a descendant of the Butler family - the Earls of Ormond. He was the second son of Edmond Butler of Polestown...

 founded the "Roscrea" cadet branch of the family, which is in turn descended from the "Polestown" cadet branch.

Ancestry

• James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond
• Sir Richard Butler of Polestown
  Sir Richard Butler of Polestown
  Sir Richard Butler of Polestown, County Kilkenny was the second son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond and Anne Welles. His older brother James inherited the earldom...
  
  , the second son of the 3rd Earl.

• Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler
  Edmund MacRichard Butler
  Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler of Polestown was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler of Polestown and adopted the Gaelic title of The MacRichard of Ossory.-Career:...
  
  , the eldest son of Sir Richard.

• Walter Butler of Polestown
  Walter Butler of Polestown
  Walter Butler of Polestown was the second son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler. His nephew Piers would become the 8th Earl of Ormond.-Issue:* Edmond Butler of Polestown, who had four sons, Walter, Peter, Theobald, and Richard....
  
  , second son of Edmund MacRichard.

• Edmond Butler of Polestown, the son of Walter. He was the father of Richard Butler of Polestown.

Through his ancestor Edmund MacRichard Butler, Sir Richard is related to the Polestown cadet branch of the family. Edmund MacRichard Butler's eldest son, Sir James Butler

Sir James Butler

Sir James Butler of Polestown was the eldest son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler and was a warlord in Yorkist Ireland.-Career:James succeeded his father in 1464 as Lord Deputy to his absentee cousins John and Thomas, the 6th and 7th earls respectively of Ormond...

 headed up the Polestown house. This line would go on to produce a series of Earls and Dukes of Ormond. "The MacRichard"'s second son, Walter, would go on to produce the "Roscrea" cadet line as well as the minor nobility of Baronets Polestown.

Issue

His sons were:

• Edmond Butler (Polestown)
  Edmond Butler (Polestown)
  Edmond Butler of Polestown, , was a descendant of the Butler family - the Earls of Ormond. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler of Poletown. His brothers were Richard, Peter and Walter. His uncle Peter founded the "Roscrea" cadet branch of the family, which is in turn descended from the...
  
  , who was 24 years of age when his father died. On 20 November 1628, Edmond had a special livery of his estate. He married Ellice, daughter of Nicholas Shortall of Claragh, County Kilkenny and had issue,
• Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet
  Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet
  Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet was an Irish nobleman. He was created a Baronet, of Polestown, in the Baronetage of Ireland on 8 July 1645.-Ancestors:* Great-great-great-great-great grandfather James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond...
  
  .
• Richard,
• Peter,
• Walter.

External links

• The Peerage