John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde

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John was born on 10 December 1740{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/1551/ 1551, left column, line 38]|ps=. "John, 17th Earl of Ormonde, b. 10 Dec. 1740 ..."}} at Garryricken.{{Sfn|Carrigan|1905|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti04carr/page/643/ 320, line 1]|ps=. "John Butler of Kilkenny Castle. He was born in Garryricken, Dec. 10th 1740."}} He was the only son, of Walter Butler and his wife Ellen Morres.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/1551/ 1551, left column, line 32 ]|ps=. "... [Walter Butler] had issue, 1. John, 17th Earl."}} At the time of his birth his father was the heir apparent of his father the esquire of Garryricken. In 1766 his father would become the de jure 16th Earl of Ormond. His father's family, the Butler dynasty, was Old English and descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177.{{Sfn|Debrett|1828|p=[https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/page/n218/ 640]|ps=. "Theobald le Boteler on whom that office [Chief Butler of Ireland] was conferred by King Henry II., 1177 ..."}}

John's mother was a daughter of Nicholas Morres of the Court, County Dublin, granddaughter of Sir John Morres, 7th Baronet Morres of Knockagh.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/1551/ 1551, left column, line 29]|ps=. "[Walter Butler] m. [married] 19 Dec. 1732 Ellen (d. Jan. 1794) dau. of Nicholas Morres, of Lataragh, co. Tipperary, and grand-dau. of Sir John Morres, 7th Bt., of Knockagh ..."}}{{Sfn|Cokayne|1895|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage06cokahrish/page/n154/ 153, line 22]|ps=. "He m. [married], 19 Dec. 1732, Eleanor 1st da. [daughter] of Nicholas Morris, of the Court, co. Dublin, and of Lataragh, co. Tipperary."}} John was one of four siblings, who are listed in his father's article.

On 16 December 1764 he conformed to the established Church of Ireland in a ceremony performed in the church of Golden, County Tipperary.{{Sfn|Carrigan|1905|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti04carr/page/643/ 320, line 2]|ps=. "On Sunday, Dec. 16th, 1764, he conformed to the Established church in the church of Golden, near Cashel, and was thus the first Protestant of his branch of the Butler family."}} In other words: he became a Protestant.

In February 1769 he married Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford.{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/b3136410x/page/1551/ 1551, left column, line ]|ps=. "His lordship [John Butler] m. [married] 14 Feb. 1769, Lady Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford, dau. and sole heir of John Earl of Wandesforde ..."}} also called Anne.{{Sfn|Debrett|1828|p=[https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/page/n220/ 642, line 33]|ps=. "John Butler who claimed ... m. [married] 26 Feb. 1769, Anne da. & sole h. of John, earl of Wandesford ..."}}{{Sfn|Burke|1883|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015088438141&view=1up&seq=614 568, left column, line ]|ps=. "I. Anne, m. [married] 13 February 1769 to John Butler, Esq. of Garryricken, to whom the Earldom of Ormonde was restored by the House of Lords of Ireland in 1791."}} She was a rich heiress being the only surviving child of John Wandesford the 1st Earl Wandesford and 5th Viscount Castlecomer and his wife Agnes Southwell. The Wandesfords were Protestants and had supported the Prince of Orange during the Williamite War in Ireland. They owned land and coal mines around Castlecomer in northern County Kilkenny. His wife's mother belonged to a junior branch of the family of Viscount Southwell. When the Earl of Wandesford died in 1784, his titles became extinct, but his estates passed to John Butler.{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/65/ 65]|ps=. "... but his estates devolved on Mr. Butler (in right of Lady Anne)."}}

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John and Anne (or Frances Susan Elizabeth) had four sons:

1. Walter (1770–1820), who was in 1816 created Marquess of Ormonde{{Sfn|Burke|Burke|1915|p=[https://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse/page/1541/ 1541, left column, line 51]|ps=. "Walter, Marquess of Ormonde and 18th Earl of Ormonde K.P. b. 5 Feb. 1770, created Marquess of Ormonde in Ireland, and Baron Butler of Llanthony in England."}}
2. John Wandesford (1772–1796), who died unmarried
3. James (1774–1838), who was in 1825 created Marquess of Ormonde after his brother's death
4. Charles Harward (1780–1860), who married firstly Lady Sarah Butler, daughter of Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick and, secondly, Lucy French, daughter of Arthur French

—and two daughters:

1. Elizabeth (1777–1823), who married Thomas Kavanagh (1767–1837), The MacMorrough, in 1798
2. Eleanor (1788–1859), who married Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore (1775–1857) in 1808

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In 1783 his father died in Kilkenny Castle.{{Sfn|Carrigan|1905|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti04carr/page/642 319, line 35]|ps=. "... [Walter Butler] died, in Kilkenny Castle, in 1783."}} John inherited Kilkenny and the lands, notably those that his father had inherited from John Butler of Kilcash, the de jure 15th Earl of Ormond, in 1766.{{Sfn|Dunboyne|1968|p=[https://archive.org/details/butlerfamilyhist00dunb/page/19/ 19]|ps=. "Having died childless in 1766, he [John Butler] was buried at Kilcash and was succeeded by his first cousin, Walter, then aged 63.}} In 1784 his father-in-law, the Earl of Wandesford died. His titles became extinct, but John inherited the land and the coal mines.{{Sfn|Lodge|1789|p=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/page/65/ 65]|ps=. "... but his estates devolved on Mr. Butler (in right of Lady Anne)."}}

In 1791 he claimed the title of Earl of Ormond, which was believed to have become extinct in 1715. The Irish House of Lords accepted this claim and he was restored to become the 17th Earl of Ormonde.{{Sfn|Carrigan|1905|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti04carr/page/643/ 320, line 4]|ps=. "In 1791 he was restored to the title of Earl of Ormonde which was supposed to have been extinguished since 1715."}}{{Sfn|Burke|1883|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015088438141&view=1up&seq=614 568, left column, line ]|ps=. "I. Anne, m. [married] 13 February 1769 to John Butler, Esq. of Garryricken, to whom the Earldom of Ormonde was restored by the House of Lords of Ireland in 1791."}}

Ormond, as he now was, died on 25 or 30 December 1795 at Kilkenny Castle and was buried in Kilcash.{{Sfn|Debrett|1838|p=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ru4UAAAAQAAJ/page/n596/ 523, right column, line 34]|ps=. "The earl [John Butler] d. [died] 30 Dec 1795, and was succeeded by his son ..."}}{{Sfn|Carrigan|1905|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti04carr/page/643/ 320, line 5]|ps=. "He died at Kilkenny Castle on Christmas Day 1795 and is buried at Kilcash."}} His widow died in Dublin in 1830.{{Sfn|Cokayne|1895|p=[https://archive.org/details/completepeerage06cokahrish/page/n154/ 153, line 33]|ps=. "His widow d. [died] 3 April 1830 in Dublin, aged 76."}} He was succeeded by his son Walter, who was made a Marquess in 1816.

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• {{Cite book|last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |date=1895 |title=Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant |edition=1st |volume=VI |publisher=George Bell and Sons |location=London |oclc=1180818801 |url=https://archive.org/details/completepeerage06cokahrish/}} – N to R (for Ormonde)
• {{Cite book|last=Debrett |first=John |author-link=John Debrett |date=1828 |title=Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |edition=17th |volume=II |publisher=F. C. and J. Rivington |location=London |oclc=54499602 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerage01debrgoog/}} – Scotland and Ireland
• {{Cite book|last=Debrett |first=John |author-link=John Debrett |editor-last=Courthope |editor-first=William |date=1838 |title=Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |edition=22nd |publisher=F. C. and J. Rivington |location=London |oclc=315551200 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ru4UAAAAQAAJ/}}
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• {{Cite book|editor-last=Fryde |editor-first=Edmund Boleslaw |editor-link=Edmund Fryde |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |date=1986 |title=Handbook of British Chronology |publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society |edition=3rd |series=Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 |location=London |isbn=0-86193-106-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis0000unse/ |url-access=registration}} – (for timeline)
• {{Cite book|last=Lodge |first=John |author-link=John Lodge (archivist) |editor-last=Archdall |editor-first=Mervyn |editor-link=Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) |date=1789 |title=The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom |volume=IV |publisher=James Moore |location=Dublin |oclc=264906028 |url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofireland04lodg/}} – Viscounts (for Butler, Viscount Mountgarret)

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George Dunbar}}

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Eland Mossom}}

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