Earl of Ossory

Earl of Ossory was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

Award

The title was bestowed on Pier Butler on February 23, 1528 . Under pressure from King Henry VIII , he had renounced his title of 8th Earl of Ormonde on February 18, 1528 . Heinrich awarded the Ormonde Earldom in 1529 to Thomas Boleyn , the father of his lover and future wife Anne Boleyn . After the Lord Chancellor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey stood up for him, Piers Butler received the Earldom Ossory as compensation. After Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, Piers Butler also received the title Earl of Ormonde back on February 22, 1538 . The two earl titles have been linked ever since.

The title has been suspended since the death of the 19th Earl of Ossory on October 25, 1997, as it is unclear whether a line of descendants of the 2nd Earl of Ossory entitled to inheritance still exists, if not, the title would have expired.

List of the Earls of Ossory (1528)

• Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde , 1st Earl of Ossory (around 1467–1539)
• James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde , 2nd Earl of Ossory (1496–1546)
• Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde , 3rd Earl of Ossory (1532-1614)
• Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde , 4th Earl of Ossory (1569–1634)
• James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde , 5th Earl of Ossory (1610–1688)
• Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory (1634–1680) (followed in 1662 by Writ of Acceleration )
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde , 7th Earl of Ossory (1665–1745) (title forfeited 1715)
• Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran , de iure 3rd Duke of Ormonde, de iure 8th Earl of Ossory (1671–1758)
• John Butler, de iure 15th Earl of Ormonde, de iure 9th Earl of Ossory († 1766)
• Walter Butler, de iure 16th Earl of Ormonde, de iure 10th Earl of Ossory (1703–1783)
• John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde , 11th Earl of Ossory (1740–1795) (Irish title retroactively confirmed in 1791)
• Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde , 12th Earl of Ossory (1770-1820)
• James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde , 13th Earl of Ossory (1777–1838)
• John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde , 14th Earl of Ossory (1808-1854)
• James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde , 15th Earl of Ossory (1844-1919)
• James Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde , 16th Earl of Ossory (1849–1943)
• James Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde , 17th Earl of Ossory (1890–1949)
• James Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde , 18th Earl of Ossory (1893–1971)
• James Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde , 19th Earl of Ossory (1899–1997) (Earldom at rest)

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page