Pierce Somerset Butler Explained

Pierce Somerset Butler (26 January 1801 – 28 July 1865) was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

He was the son of Hon. Pierce Butler and Anne March. He married Jessy Anne Bryan on 3 February 1835 in London at St George's, Hanover Square.^[1] They had two daughters.

He attended Trinity College Dublin.^[2] Later he was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny^[3] in 1843, and held the seat until 1852. For the first three years he served in this position with his father. Like his father he was not in favour of the Act of Union and discussed the repeal of this Act.^[4]

Butler was also Chairman of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company.^[5] In 1854 he was involved in the Case of Pierce Somerset Butler v Viscount Mountgarret. "Verdict for plaintiff who thus came into a peerage, defendant being proved illegitimate"^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 43 . Henry Colburn, 1835 . Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook, William Harrison Ainsworth. 1835 .
2. Book: The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707-1800 . Edinburgh University Press, 30 Nov 2011 - Literary Criticism - 688 pages . Stephen Brown . Warren McDougall . 30 November 2011 . 9780748650958 .
3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
4. Book: Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 51 . 1843 . H.M. Stationery Office, 1843 - Great Britain.
5. Web site: The King's Co. Chronicle Vol. 1 No. 3 Wednesday, Oct 6th, 1845 . 16 February 2016.
6. Web site: Victorian Trials – 1850-1859 . 20 May 2015 . 16 February 2016.
7. Web site: In the Exchequer, Dublin. Pierce Somerset Butler against ... Henry Edmund viscount Mountgarrett. Short-hand writers' notes of proceedings at the trial . 16 February 2016 . Pierce Somerset Butler, Pierce Somerset Butler (hon.). 1854 .