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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.
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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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Nov 21, 2019 · July 08, 1634. Birthplace: Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland. Death: July 30, 1680 (46) Arlington House, London, UK. Immediate Family: Son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Elizabeth Butler, Duchess of Ormond and 2nd Baroness Dingwall. Husband of Emilia van Nassau, Countess of Ossory.
Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Butler, Thomas, Earl of Ossory, son of preceding, was born in Kilkenny Castle, 9th July 1634. In 1647 he quitted Ireland with his father, and passed on eventually to France, where he perfected himself in the accomplishments necessary to a youth of his expectations.
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.
Aug 24, 2016 · The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright The Columbia University Press. Thomas Butler Ossory, earl of (ŏs´ərē), 1634–80, Irish nobleman; son of James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde. Created earl of Ossory in 1662, he was made (1665) lieutenant general in Ireland and often acted as deputy lord lieutenant there for his father.
