Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet

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Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817)^[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.^[2] In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1784.^[3]

Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801.^[4] Subsequently, he represented County Carlow in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1802 general election.^[5]

On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham.^[6] They had at least a daughter and three sons.^[2] His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871.^[7]^[8]

Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.^[6]

References

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^ ^a ^b "ThePeerage - Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
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^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 189.
^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 5 March 1870. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "England 1 Scotland 1". England Unofficial Matches. 25 February 1871. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Beauchamp Bagenal William Henry Burton	Member of Parliament for County Carlow 1783 – 1790 With: William Henry Burton	Succeeded by Henry Bruen William Henry Burton
Preceded by Henry Bruen William Henry Burton	Member of Parliament for County Carlow 1796 – 1801 With: William Henry Burton	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for County Carlow 1801 – 1802 With: William Henry Burton	Succeeded by David Latouche Walter Bagenal
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Thomas Butler	Baronet (of Cloughgrenan) 1772 – 1817	Succeeded by Thomas Butler