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Glengall, Earl of (I, 1816 - 1858)
Creation: let.pat. 22 Jan 1816
Extinct: 22 Jun 1858
Family name: Butler
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Arms:
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or a Chief indented Azure on a Canton Argent a Cross on three Degrees or Greeces Gules thereon Christ crucified Or; 2nd and 3rd, Gules three Covered Cups Or
Crest:
Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Plume of five Ostrich Feathers Argent thereon a Falcon rising of the last
Supporters:
Dexter: A Falcon Argent beaked membered and jessed Or; Sinister: A Male Griffin sans wings Argent beaked rayed collared and chained Or
Motto:
God be my guide
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Richard [Butler], 10th Baron Caher later 1st Earl of Glengall
1st son and heir of James [Butler], 9th Baron Caher, by his wife Sarah Nicholls, 5th dau. and cohrss. of Henry Nicholls, of Knockeenglass, Kilmanagh, co. Kilkenny
born
13 Nov 1775
mar.
13 Aug 1793 Emily Jefferys (d. 2 May 1836), 4th and yst. dau. of James St John Jefferys, of Blarney Castle, co. Cork, by his wife Isabella FitzGibbon, sister of John [FitzGibbon], 1st Earl of Clare, and 1st dau. of John FitzGibbon, of Mount Shannon, co. Limerick, by his wife Eleanor Grove, dau. of John Grove, of Ballyhimmock, co. Cork
children
1. Hon Richard Butler, later 2nd Earl of Glengall
1. Lady Harriet Anne Butler (b. 1 Jan 1799; d. 14 Sep 1860), mar. 8 Dec 1822 as his first wife George Hamilton [Chichester], 3rd Marquess of Donegall, and had issue
2. Lady Charlotte Butler (d. 23 Mar 1846), mar. Dec 1835 Christopher Rice Mansell Talbot MP, of Margam, co. Glamorgan
3. Lady Emily Arabella Georgiana Butler, mar. (1) 1836 Richard Pennefather, of Darling Hill (d. 1849), and (2) 1852 Maj Gen H A Hankey
died
30 Jan 1819
created
22 Jan 1816 Viscount Caher and Earl of Glengall
suc. by
son
note
suc. his father as 10th Baron Caher Jul 1788; suc. to the family estates in 1788 under the will of his distant cousin, Piers [Butler], 8th Baron Caher; a Representative Peer for Ireland (Tory) 1801-19
Richard [Butler], 2nd Earl of Glengall
born
17 May 1794
mar.
20 Feb 1834 Margaret Lauretta Mellish (d. 2 Apr 1864), 2nd and yst. dau. and cohrss. of William Mellish, of Woodford, co. Essex, a wealthy Government contractor
children
1. Lady Margaret Butler (d. 21 Feb 1915), mar. 2 Aug 1858 Lt Col Hon Richard Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas, of Cahir Lodge, co. Tipperary (b. 25 Jul 1822; dvp. 10 Mar 1874), 2nd son of Francis [Charteris later Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas], 7th Earl of Wemyss, by his wife Lady Louisa Bingham (b. 1 Mar 1798; d. 16 Apr 1882), 4th dau. of Richard [Bingham], 2nd Earl of Lucan, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard, former wife of Bernard Edward [Howard], 12th Duke of Norfolk, and 3rd dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of Henry [Belasyse], 2nd Earl Fauconberg, and had issue
2. Lady Matilda Butler (d. unm. 18 Mar 1861)
died
s.p.m. 22 Jun 1858
note
Member of Parliament for co. Tipperary 1818-19; a Representative Peer for Ireland (Conservative) 1829-58
On the death of the 2nd Earl of Glengall, the Earldom of Glengall, the Viscountcy of Caher and the Barony of Caher all became extinct.
First written 21 Feb 2012
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