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Vice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (8 July 1634 – 30 July 1680) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the eldest son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond but predeceased his father and therefore never succeeded as duke.
When Thomas Butler 6th Earl Of Ossory was born on 8 July 1634, in Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland, his father, James Butler 1st Duke of Ormonde, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Preston, was 18. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Emilia Van Nassau-Beverweerd.
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- Emilia Van Nassau-Beverweerd
He was elected an MP for Dublin University in 1661, but was called to the Irish house of lords as earl of Ossory on 8 August 1662. On 6 May 1664 he was named lord deputy of Ireland, and was sworn in on 21 May, deputising for his father, the lord lieutenant, during the latter's absence in England, until 3 September 1665.
Butler was rewarded for his compliance by being created Earl of Ossory on 22 February 1528. In 1662, the eldest son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde was called to the Irish House of Lords on a writ of acceleration and became known as Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory.
19 de may. de 2023 · The news of the untimely death of the 46-year-old Thomas Butler, earl of Ossory, left bereft King Charles II and Queen Catherine, who ‘hath wept often’. The future kings James II and William III of Orange, whose marriages Ossory had witnessed, were also devastated by his passing.
22 de may. de 2024 · Vice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (8 July 1634 – 30 July 1680) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the eldest son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond but predeceased his father and therefore never succeeded as duke.
Biography. Ossory’s family took their surname from the office of Chief Butler of Ireland, which they had held since the closing decade of the 12th century, receiving an Irish peerage in 1328.
