Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet

Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 7 October 1772)[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy.[2] Butler sat for Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768,[3] the same constituency several members of his family had represented before.[4] In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington[3] and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.[1]

On 19 June 1759, Butler married Dorothea Bayly, only daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.[2] They had four daughters and four sons.[4] His oldest son Richard succeeded to the baronetcy.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  2. 1 2 "ThePeerage - Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Bt". Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 189.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Richard Butler, 5th Bt
Robert Burton
Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1761 – 1768
With: Benjamin Burton 1761–1767
John Hyde 1767–1768
Succeeded by
Beauchamp Bagenal
William Henry Burton
Preceded by
William Henry Dawson
Roger Palmer
Member of Parliament for Portarlington
1771 – 1772
With: Roger Palmer
Succeeded by
Joseph Dawson
Roger Palmer
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Butler
Baronet
(of Cloughgrenan)
1771 – 1772
Succeeded by
Richard Butler
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