Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan (a

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), (died c. February 1704) was an Irish baronet and politician. He was the son of Sir Edmund Butler, 2nd Baronet and Juliana Hyde, daughter of Bernard Hyde. By 1650, he succeeded his father as baronet. In 1670 and again in 1691, Butler was

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. From 1692 until his death, he sat for

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Marriage and issue

Butler married firstly Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns, and secondly Jane Pottinger, daughter of Captain Edward Pottinger and widow of John Reynolds, in July 1700. By his first wife, he had two sons. Pierce, the oldest of them, was a Member of Parliament for the same

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his father had represented and succeeded to the

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Politicians from County Carlow Irish MPs 1692–1693 Irish MPs 1695–1699 Irish MPs 1703–1713 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies High sheriffs of Carlow Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Year of birth missing Butler baronets, of Cloughgrenan

Marriage and issue

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