Viscount Mountgarret
Viscount Mountgarret is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award, subordinate and other titles
The title was created on October 23, 1550 for the Hon. Richard Butler , younger son of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde .
The 12th Viscount was raised to Earl of Kilkenny on December 20, 1793 , also in the Peerage of Ireland. This title already expired on his death on July 16, 1846, the Viscountcy fell to his nephew as the 13th Viscount.
The 14th Viscount was awarded the title Baron Mountgarret , of Nidd in the West Riding of the County of York on June 20, 1911 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . In contrast to the Irish Viscountcy, this title was linked to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords until 1999 . The barony is listed as a subordinate title of the Viscount.
List of Viscounts Mountgarret and Earls of Kilkenny
Viscounts Mountgarret (1550)
- Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500–1571)
- Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret († 1602)
- Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651)
- Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret (1595–1679)
- Richard Butler, 5th Viscount Mountgarret (died 1706)
- Edmund Butler, 6th Viscount Mountgarret (1663-1735)
- Richard Butler, 7th Viscount Mountgarret (1685-1736)
- James Butler, 8th Viscount Mountgarret (1686–1749)
- Edmund Butler, 9th Viscount Mountgarret (1687–1751)
- Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret († 1779)
- Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret (1745–1793)
- Edmund Butler, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (1771–1846) ( elevated to Earl of Kilkenny in 1793 )
Earls of Kilkenny (1793)
- Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny (1771–1846)
Viscounts Mountgarret (1550; continued)
- Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret (1816–1900)
- Henry Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret (1844–1912)
- Edmund Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret (1875-1918)
- Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret (1903-1966)
- Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (1936-2004)
- Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret (born 1961)
The alleged title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current title holder, Edmund Butler (* 1962).