Pierce Somerset Butler (26 January 1801 – 28 July 1865) was an Irish politician in the

United Kingdom House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ...

. He was the son of Hon. Pierce Butler and Anne March. He married Jessy Anne Bryan on 3 February 1835 in London at

St George's, Hanover Square St George's, Hanover Square, is an Church of England, Anglican church, the parish church of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, central London, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London ...

. They had two daughters. He attended Trinity College Dublin. Later he was elected to the

as Member of Parliament for

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

in 1843, and held the seat until 1852. For the first three years he served in this position with his father. Like his father he was not in favour of the Act of Union and discussed the repeal of this Act. Butler was also Chairman of the

Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Waterford and Kilkenny Railway incorporated 21 July 1845 by the ( 8 & 9 Vict. c. lxxxvii). The aim was to create a series of railways which would connect Waterford, Cork, Dublin and Galway. The creation of such links was considered a good inv ...

Company. In 1854 he was involved in the Case of Pierce Somerset Butler v Viscount Mountgarret. "Verdict for plaintiff who thus came into a peerage, defendant being proved illegitimate"

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1801 births 1865 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub