James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde

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James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, KP was born on 15 July 1777 and died on 18 May 1838. He was the son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford.

He was created, at the Coronation of George IV, a Peer of the United Kingdom, as Baron Ormonde, of Llanthony, in the county of Monmouth and in 1825, Marquess of Ormonde.

He married Grace Louisa Staples, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Staples and Hon. Henrietta Molesworth, on 12 October 1807.


Titles of Nobility
Preceded by
New Creation
Marquess of Ormonde
1825–1838
Succeeded by
John Butler
Preceded by
Walter Butler
Earl of Ormonde
1820–1838

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