John Butler of Kilcash

John Butler
John Butler
Died	10 May 1570
Family	Butler dynasty
Spouse(s)	Katherine MacCarthy
	Detail Issue Walter & others
Father	James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
Mother	Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond

John Butler of Kilcash (Irish: Seán de Buitléir Chill Chaise) (died 10 May 1570) was the third son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald and brother of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond. He is the start-point of the Kilcash branch of the Ormonds and the father of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond.

Birth and origins

John was a younger son of James Butler and his wife Lady Joan Fitzgerald. His father was the 9th 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.[1] His mother was a daughter of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond.

Family tree

John Butler with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.

Piers
8th Earl
1467–1539

Margaret
FitzGerald
c. 1473 – 1542

James
10th Earl
d. 1529

Amy
O'Brien

James
9th Earl
1496–1546

Joan
FitzGerald
d. 1565

Gerald
15th Earl
c. 1533 – 1583
Rebel Earl

Thomas
10th Earl
c. 1531 – 1614
Black Tom

'Elizabeth
Sheffield
d. 1600

Edmund
of
Cloughgrenan
1534–1602

John of
Kilcash
d. 1570

Katherine
MacCarthy

Theobald
Viscount
Tulleophelim
d. 1613

Elizabeth
Butler
c. 1585 – 1628

Richard
Preston
1st Earl
Desmond
d. 1628

Walter
11th Earl
1559–1633
'Beads'

Helen
Butler
d. 1631

Thomas
Viscount
Thurles
d. 1619
d.v.p.*

Elizabeth
Pointz
1587–1673

Elizabeth
Preston
1615–1684

James
1st Duke
1610–1688

Richard
of
Kilcash
1615–1701

Legend

XXX

Subject of
the article

XXX

Earls & dukes of
Ormond

XXX

Earls of
Desmond

*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris).

This family tree is partly derived from the condensed Butler family tree pictured in Dunboyne.[2] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

John listed among his brothers
He appears among his brothers as the third son: Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond (1531–1614), known as Black Tom, the 10th Earl of Ormond, his successor Edmund (1534–1602), of Cloughgrenan, married Eleanor Eustace and had three sons, among which Theobald of Tulleophelim[3] John (died 1570) Walter (died 1560) of Nodstown[4][5] James of Duiske, married Margaret, daughter of James Tobin[6] Edward of Ballinahinch, married first Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of James Fitzjohn FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond, and secondly Mary Bourke, daughter of Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde by his wife Frances Walsingham[7] Piers of Grantstown married Katherine, daughter of John, 2nd Lord Power of Curraghmore[8]

Marriage and children

He married Katherine MacCarthy, the daughter of Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 10th Prince of Carbery.[9][10]

John and Katherine had four children, two sons:

James Butler, died childless before September 1576;[11]
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond (1559–1633), known as "Walter of the Beads".

—and two daughters;

Eleanor, married Thomas Prendergast; their son James Prendergast was killed in 1627 by Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne;[12][13][14]
Joan, married Sir Oliver Shortall, knight.[15]

Death

John Butler died on 10 May 1570.[16]

Notes

Debrett 1828, p. 640: "THEOBALD LE BOTELER on whom that office [Chief Butler of Ireland] was conferred by King Henry II., 1177 ..."
Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17: "Butler Family Tree condensed"
Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 62: "2. Edmund, Sir, Knt. of Roscrea and Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow, m. Hon. Eleanor Eustace, dau. of Rowland, 2nd Baltinglass ..."
Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 84: "4. Walter, of Ballynodagh, m. Jane, dau. of O'Brien Goragh ..."
Lodge 1789a, p. 28, line 18: "Walter Butler of Ballynenoddagh, Nodstown, or Moyalisse, Esq; who married Anne, daughter of Mae Brian O Gonagh, and dying in 1560, was buried at Kilkenny;"
Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 86: "5. James, of Duisk, m. Margaret, dau. of James Tobin, of Consinnagh ..."
Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 90: "6. Edward, of Cloughinche, m. 1st, Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, dau. of James FitzJohn, 14th Earl of Desmond; and 2ndly, Margaret Burke, dau. of Richard, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. ..."
Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 91: "7. Piers, of Grantstown, m. Katherine Le Poer, dau. of John, 2nd Lord Power of Curaghmore ..."
Burke 1949, p. 1540, left column, line 31: "3. John, of Kilcash, to whom his father granted lands by deed, 26 May, 1544; m. Katherine, dau. of Thomas MacCartie, the MacCartie Reagh ..."
Famille MacCarthy Reagh
Edwards 2004, p. 231, left column, line 1: "He [Walter] emerged as heir to the Kilcash estate in co. Tipperary some time before September 1576 after the death without issue of his brother ..."
Burke 1869, p. 862, left column, line 38: "... of whom the eldest, Eleanor, m. Thomas Prendergast, Esq. of Newcastle Prendergast, ancestor of the viscounts Gort;"
Lodge 1789a, p. 28, line 17: "Eleanor, the second daughter, married Thomas Prendergast of Newcastle in Tipperary, Esq."
Lodge 1789b, p. 229: "In 1628, his lordship having the misfortune to kill Mr. Prendergast, he was confined a prisoner in the Castle of Dublin ..."
Burke 1869, p. 862, left column, line 40: "... and the younger, Joan, m. Sir Oliver Shortall, Knt."
Burke 1949, p. 1540, left column, line 33: "... d. 10 May, 1570, leaving issue ..."

References

Burke, Bernard (1869), A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (31st ed.), London: Harrison (for his daughters)
Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1909). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (71st ed.). London: Harrison.
Burke, Bernard (1949). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. – Scotland and Ireland
Dunboyne, Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, Baron (1968). Butler Family History (2nd ed.). Kilkenny: Rothe House.
Edwards, David (2004), "Butler, Walter, eleventh earl of Ormond and fourth Earl of Ossory (1559–1633)", in Matthew, Henry Colin Gray.; Harrison, Brian (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 9, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 230–231, ISBN 0-19-861359-8
Lodge, John (1789a). The Peerage of Ireland. 4. Dublin: James Moore. – Viscounts (for Viscount Mountgarret)
Lodge, John (1789b). The Peerage of Ireland. 6. Dublin: James Moore. – Viscounts, barons (for "Butler, Lord Cahier" — Dunboyne)

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[FOOTNOTEDebrett1828[httpsarchiveorgdetailsdebrettspeerage01debrgoogpagen218_640]-1] Debrett 1828, p. 640: "THEOBALD LE BOTELER on whom that office [Chief Butler of Ireland] was conferred by King Henry II., 1177 ..."

[FOOTNOTEDunboyne1968[httpsarchiveorgdetailsbutlerfamilyhist00dunbpage16_16–17]-2] Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17: "Butler Family Tree condensed"

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page1399_1399,_right_column,_line_62]-3] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 62: "2. Edmund, Sir, Knt. of Roscrea and Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow, m. Hon. Eleanor Eustace, dau. of Rowland, 2nd Baltinglass ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page1399_1399,_right_column,_line_84]-4] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 84: "4. Walter, of Ballynodagh, m. Jane, dau. of O'Brien Goragh ..."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789a[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland04lodgpage28_28,_line_18]-5] Lodge 1789a, p. 28, line 18: "Walter Butler of Ballynenoddagh, Nodstown, or Moyalisse, Esq; who married Anne, daughter of Mae Brian O Gonagh, and dying in 1560, was buried at Kilkenny;"

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page1399_1399,_right_column,_line_86]-6] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 86: "5. James, of Duisk, m. Margaret, dau. of James Tobin, of Consinnagh ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page1399_1399,_right_column,_line_90]-7] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 90: "6. Edward, of Cloughinche, m. 1st, Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, dau. of James FitzJohn, 14th Earl of Desmond; and 2ndly, Margaret Burke, dau. of Richard, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurkeBurke1909[httpsarchiveorgdetailsb31363945page1399_1399,_right_column,_line_91]-8] Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1399, right column, line 91: "7. Piers, of Grantstown, m. Katherine Le Poer, dau. of John, 2nd Lord Power of Curaghmore ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1949[httpsarchiveorgdetailsburkesgenealogic1949unsepage1540_1540,_left_column,_line_31]-9] Burke 1949, p. 1540, left column, line 31: "3. John, of Kilcash, to whom his father granted lands by deed, 26 May, 1544; m. Katherine, dau. of Thomas MacCartie, the MacCartie Reagh ..."

[10] Famille MacCarthy Reagh

[FOOTNOTEEdwards2004[httpsarchiveorgdetailsisbn_0198613598page231_231,_left_column,_line_1]-11] Edwards 2004, p. 231, left column, line 1: "He [Walter] emerged as heir to the Kilcash estate in co. Tipperary some time before September 1576 after the death without issue of his brother ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1869[httpsarchiveorgdetailsgenealogicalhera00inburkpage862_862,_left_column,_line_38]-12] Burke 1869, p. 862, left column, line 38: "... of whom the eldest, Eleanor, m. Thomas Prendergast, Esq. of Newcastle Prendergast, ancestor of the viscounts Gort;"

[FOOTNOTELodge1789a[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland04lodgpage28_28,_line_17]-13] Lodge 1789a, p. 28, line 17: "Eleanor, the second daughter, married Thomas Prendergast of Newcastle in Tipperary, Esq."

[FOOTNOTELodge1789b[httpsarchiveorgdetailspeerageofireland06lodgpage229_229]-14] Lodge 1789b, p. 229: "In 1628, his lordship having the misfortune to kill Mr. Prendergast, he was confined a prisoner in the Castle of Dublin ..."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1869[httpsarchiveorgdetailsgenealogicalhera00inburkpage862_862,_left_column,_line_40]-15] Burke 1869, p. 862, left column, line 40: "... and the younger, Joan, m. Sir Oliver Shortall, Knt."

[FOOTNOTEBurke1949[httpsarchiveorgdetailsburkesgenealogic1949unsepage1540_1540,_left_column,_line_33]-16] Burke 1949, p. 1540, left column, line 33: "... d. 10 May, 1570, leaving issue ..."