Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet

Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.[2] In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Butler sat for Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801.[3] Subsequently he represented Carlow County in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1802 general election.[4]

On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham.[5] They had at least a daughter and three sons.[2] His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871.[6][7]

Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB6.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt". http://thepeerage.com/p19456.htm#i194555. Retrieved 28 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 - British House of Commons, Carlow County". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009. 
  5. ^ a b 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. 
  6. ^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 5 March 1870. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/M00UOSco1870.html. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
  7. ^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 25 February 1871. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1870-71/M00UOSco1871.html. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Beauchamp Bagenal
William Henry Burton		 Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1783 – 1790
With: William Henry Burton		 Succeeded by
Henry Bruen
William Henry Burton
Preceded by
Henry Bruen
William Henry Burton		 Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1796 – 1801
With: William Henry Burton		 Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1801 – 1802
With: William Henry Burton		 Succeeded by
David Latouche
Walter Bagenal
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Thomas Butler		 Baronet
 (of Cloughgrenan)
1772 – 1817		 Succeeded by
Thomas Butler