James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP (15 July 1777 – 18 May 1838) was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford.
Butler was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny City in the Irish House of Commons in 1796 and served then for Kilkenny County until the Act of Union in 1801. He sat subsequently for the Irish county constituency of County Kilkenny and was member of the UK House of Commons from 1801, until he succeeded to the peerage, as 19th Earl of Ormonde, in 1820, on the death of his elder brother, Walter, the 18th Earl and 1st Marquess of Ormonde in the Irish peerage (the latter title becoming extinct upon his death).
Having joined fashionable society in London,[1] he became a companion of the Prince Regent. Subsequently, at the Prince's coronation as George IV, he was created 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.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hon. John Wandesford Butler James Wemys |
Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City with James Wemys 1796 |
Succeeded by James Wemys Bryan Kavanagh |
| Preceded by William Brabazon Ponsonby Hon. John Wandesford Butler |
Member of Parliament for Kilkenny County with William Brabazon Ponsonby 1796 – 1801 |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Constituency created |
Member of Parliament for Kilkenny County with William Ponsonby 1801–1806 Hon. George Ponsonby 1806 Hon. Frederick Ponsonby 1806–1820 1801 – 1820 |
Succeeded by Hon. Frederick Ponsonby Charles Clarke |
| Honorary titles | ||
| New title | Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny 1831–1838 |
Succeeded by Viscount Duncannon |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Marquess of Ormonde 1825–1838 |
Succeeded by John Butler |
| Baron Ormonde 1821–1838 |
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| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Walter Butler |
Earl of Ormonde 1820–1838 |
Succeeded by John Butler |