Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler

Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler (1669 – 11 March 1724), was an Irish politician and peer.

Arms of Butler, Earl of Lanesborough: Argent, three covered cups in bend between two bendlets engrailed sable[1]

Butler was the son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Cavan County between 1703 and 1713. In 1711, he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He then represented Belturbet from 1713 to 1714.[2] In 1715, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newtown-Butler in the Peerage of Ireland, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. The title was created with special remainder to the heirs male of his father; upon Lord Newtown-Butler dying without children in 1724, the title passed to his younger brother, Brinsley Butler, who was made Viscount Lanesborough in 1728.

References

  1. Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, 1884, p.153
  2. E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p. 76 (retrieved 2 April 2020).
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt
Francis White
Member of Parliament for Cavan County
1703–1713
With: Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt
Succeeded by
Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt
Robert Saunderson
Preceded by
Richard Tighe
Sir Thomas Taylor, Bt
Member of Parliament for Belturbet
1713–1714
With: Brinsley Butler
Succeeded by
Charles Delafaye
Brinsley Butler
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Newtown-Butler
1715–1724
Succeeded by
Brinsley Butler
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