Walter Butler of Polestown (died 1483) explained

Walter Butler of Polestown was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1483.[1]

He was the second son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler.[2] His nephew Piers would become the 8th Earl of Ormond.[3] He was the father of Edmond Butler of Polestown.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: George Dames Burtchaell. Genealogical memoirs of the members of Parliament for the county and city of Kilkenny. 1888. Sealy, Bryers & Walker. 27.
  2. Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, Vol IV. Dublin: James Moore, p. 19.
  3. Byrne, Frances John, et al (2002). A New History of Ireland, Volume 9. New York: Oxford University Press, pg 169.

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