Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet

Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a townland near Carlow), PC (Ire) (1670 – 17 April 1732)[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns.[2] In 1691, Butler was admitted to Lincoln's Inn[2] and in 1704, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Butler represented Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1715.[3] In 1712, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland.[4]

Marriage

In December 1697, he married Anne Galliard, daughter of Joshua Galliard.[5] Butler died without male issue and thus the baronetcy went to his nephew Richard.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB6.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Bt". http://thepeerage.com/p19445.htm#i194446. Retrieved 20 March 2009. 
  3. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". http://www.leighrayment.com/pcouncil/pcouncilI.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009. 
  5. ^ 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. pp. 189. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt
John Allen		 Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1703 – 1715
With: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt 1703–1704
Thomas Burdett 1704–1713
Jeffrey Paul 1713–1715		 Succeeded by
Francis Harrison
Thomas Burdett
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Butler		 Baronet
 (of Cloughgrenan)
1704 – 1732		 Succeeded by
Richard Butler