Earl of Ormonde

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Earl of Ormonde is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awards and subordinate titles

In the first bestowal, the title was created on November 2, 1328 for the Chief Butler of Ireland, James Butler, 7th Baron Butler . He had inherited the title of Baron Butler from his father as early as 1321 , which was created in the Peerage of England around 1192 .

His great-great-grandson, the 5th Earl of Ormonde, was also elevated to Earl of Wiltshire on July 8, 1449 in the Peerage of England . When he was executed for high treason in 1461, his titles were revoked. The Irish title Earl of Ormonde was restored shortly afterwards for his brother John Butler as the 6th Earl, the titles Earl of Wiltshire and Baron Butler belonging to the Peerage of England expired. When his youngest brother, the 7th Earl, died in 1515 without male heirs, the title was initially suspended. The lands were confiscated from the Crown. The next entitled male heir was his second great-nephew Piers Butler . Under pressure from King Henry VIII on February 18, 1528, he waived his claim to the title of Earl of Ormonde and received the title of Earl of Ossory on February 23, 1528 as compensation.

The title of Earl of Ormonde was bestowed by the king on December 8, 1529 in a second bestowal on the father of his mistress and future wife Anne Boleyn , Thomas Boleyn, 1st Viscount Rochford , together with the English title of Earl of Wiltshire . The late 7th Earls of Ormonde was Boleyn's maternal uncle. Boleyn had already been raised to Viscount Rochford on June 18, 1525 . All his titles were extinguished when he died in 1539 with no male heirs. After Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, Thomas Boleyn's possessions in Ireland had been stripped and were transferred to Piers Butler in 1537. On February 22, 1538 the title (8th) Earl of Ormonde was formally awarded to Piers Butler. In part, this legal act is also understood as the reassignment of the title. The Earldoms Ormonde and Ossory have been linked ever since.

Before Piers' son James inherited him in 1539 as 9th Earl of Ormonde and 2nd Earl of Ossory, he was given the subordinate title Viscount Thurles on January 2, 1536 in the Peerage of Ireland .

His descendant, the 12th Earl of Ormonde , was raised on August 30, 1642 in the Peerage of Ireland to Marquess of Ormonde and on July 20, 1660 in the Peerage of England to Earl of Brecknock and Baron Butler of Llanthony . On March 30, 1661 and November 9, 1682 he was also each Duke of Ormonde , the first time in the Peerage of Ireland, the second time in the Peerage of England. His grandson, the 2nd Duke , had inherited the title of Baron Butler of Moore Park from his father in 1680 , which was awarded to him on September 17, 1666 in the Peerage of England, and in 1684 he inherited the title of 3 from his grandmother . Lord Dingwall , who in 1609 Peerage of Scotland his great-grandfather had been awarded. As a result of the Jacobite revolt in 1715, the 2nd Duke was stripped of his title for treason.

His relative John Butler finally got the Irish House of Lords to confirm retrospectively in 1791 that the 1715 revocation did not affect the Irish titles. Accordingly, the titles were assigned to the brother of the 2nd Duke, Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran , as de iure 3rd Duke and on his death in 1758 the Dukedom and Marquessate expired. The titles Earl of Ormonde , Earl of Ossory and Viscount Thurles then fell to the grandfather of the same name of the aforementioned John Butler as de iure 15th Earl of Ormonde and were now confirmed in 1791 John as 17th Earl of Ormonde.

His eldest son, the 18th Earl of Ormonde, was raised to Baron Butler of Lanthony in 1801 and Marquess of Ormonde in 1816 , but both titles expired on his death in 1820. His brother, the 19th Earl of Ormonde, became the title of Baron in 1821 Ormonde of Lanthony and newly awarded the title of Marquess of Ormonde in 1825.

When his descendant, the 7th Marquess, died on October 25, 1997, the Marquessate and the barony became extinct. The Earldoms Ormonde and Ossory as well as the Viscountcy Thurles have been dormant since then, as it is unclear whether a descendant line of the 9th Earls of Ormonde entitled to inherit still exists. If not, these titles would also have expired.

List of the Earls of Ormonde

Earls of Ormonde, first bestowal (1328)

Earls of Ormonde, second bestowal (1529)

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