Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet explained

Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735  - 7 October 1772)^[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy. Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768,^[2] the same constituency several members of his family had represented before. In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington^[2] and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.^[1]

Marriage and children

On 19 June 1759, Butler married Dorothea Bayly, only daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.^[3] They had four daughters and four sons.^[4] His oldest son Richard succeeded to the baronetcy.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224814/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB6.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 29 March 2009 .
2. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . 7 June 2008 . usurped . 29 March 2009 .
3. Web site: ThePeerage - Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Bt . 21 March 2009 .
4. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . I . 4th . 1832 . 189 .