Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles

Thomas Butler
Viscount Thurles (courtesy title)
Died15 December 1619
at sea, off the Skerries
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Poyntz
Issue
Detail
James, Richard, & others
FatherWalter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond
MotherHelen Butler

Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles (before 1596 – 1619) was the son and heir apparent of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond (1559–1633), whom he predeceased. He lived at the Westgate Castle in Thurles, County Tipperary. He was accused of treason but drowned in a shipwreck off the Skerries in the Irish Sea, before he could be judged. He was the father of the Irish statesman and Royalist commander James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde.

Family tree
Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
John of
Kilcash

d. 1570
Katherine
MacCarthy
Walter
11th Earl

1559 – 1632/3
'Beads'
Helen
Butler

d. 1631
John Pointz
d. 1633
Thomas
Viscount
Thurles

d. 1619
d.v.p.*
Elizabeth
Pointz

1587–1673
James
1st Duke

1610–1688
Elizabeth
Preston

1615–1684
Richard
of Kilcash

1615–1701
Frances
Tuchet
Thomas
6th Earl
Ossory

1633–1680
d.v.p.*
Emilia
von
Nassau

1635–1688
Walter
of
Garryricken

d. 1700
Mary
Plunket
James
2nd Duke

1665–1745
Charles
1st Earl
Arran

1671–1758
Thomas
of
Garryricken

d. 1738
John
Butler
John
de jure
15th Earl

d. 1766
Walter
de jure
16th Earl

d. 1783
Legend
XXXThomas
Butler
XXXEarls & dukes of
Ormond
*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)
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