Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet [SEP] date of birth
Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet
Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699 – 25 November 1771) was an Irish politician and baronet.
He was the eldest son of James Butler, second son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Frances Abney, daughter of Sir Edward Abney. Butler represented Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1730 to 1761. In 1732, he succeeded his uncle Pierce as baronet.
In 1728, he married Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy. They
Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet
Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 – 7 October 1772) 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 Carlow County in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768, the same constituency several members of his family had represented before. In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington and also succeeded his father as baronet