James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler ( Eng. Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde ; April 19, 1899 - October 25, 1997 ) - Irish aristocrat , 7th Marquis of Ormond, and 25th Earl of Ormond (1971–1997). Member of the Order of the British Empire (1921).
| Charles Butler, 7th Marquis of Ormond | |||||||
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| English Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Arthur Butler, 6th Marquis of Ormond | ||||||
| Successor | title faded away | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Arthur Butler, 6th Marquis of Ormond | ||||||
| Successor | title pending | ||||||
| Birth | April 19, 1899 | ||||||
| Death | October 25, 1997 (98 years old) Chicago , Illinois , USA | ||||||
| Rod | Battles | ||||||
| Father | Lord Theobald Butler | ||||||
| Mother | Lady Annabella Bridon Gordon | ||||||
| Spouse | Nan Gilpin Elizabeth Rarden | ||||||
| Children | from first marriage: Ann and Cynthia | ||||||
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The last (7th) title holder of the Marquis of Ormond and the 25th title holder of the count of Ormond. The title of Count Ormond is one of the oldest titles in the Peerland System of the British Isles . The title was first granted in 1328 to James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond , who married the granddaughter of the King of England Edward I of Plantagenet .
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Biography
The younger (second) son of Rev. Lord James Theobald Bagot John Butler (1852–1929) and Lady Annabella Bridon Gordon (died 1943). Grandson of John Butler, 2nd Marquis of Ormond (1808-1854).
He studied at Heilbury College (Heilbury, Hertfordshire ) and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst ( Sandhurst , Berkshire ). Received the rank of lieutenant of the Royal Rifle Corps [1] .
During World War I, he was wounded during a gas attack in France in 1916 and spent the last years of the war in a hospital [1] . In 1921, he was elevated to the rank of a member of the Order of the British Empire military division [2] .
Marriages and children
In the late 1920s, Charles Butler emigrated to the United States , where he met with Nan Gilpin (died September 8, 1973), the daughter of Garth Griffith Gilpin. The marriage was concluded on March 3, 1935 . They had two daughters:
- Lady Ann Soucup (Constance Ann Butler) (born December 13, 1940)
- Lady Cynthia Hammer (Violet Cynthia Leela Butler) (born August 31, 1946)
A second marriage, Charles Butler married Elizabeth Rarden (died 1980), the daughter of Charles Rarden. There were no children in this marriage.
Marquis Ormond
In April 1971, after the death of his cousin, James Arthur Butler, the 6th Marquis of Ormond and the 24th Earl of Ormond (1893–1971), who had no sons, Charles Butler inherited the titles of the 7th Marquis of Ormond, the 25th Earl of Ormond , The 19th Earl of Ossory, the 17th Viscount Thurles, and the 7th Baron Butler. Since then, he became known as the Honorable Charles Butler, 7th Marquis of Ormond.
During the later years of his life, Lord Ormond maintained an active role as chairman of the society of Butler. He made regular trips to the city of Kilkenny in Ireland, where Kilkenny Castle , the main residence of his family, was located. Kilkenny Castle (in which the Butler family has not lived since 1935 ) in 1967 was transferred by the 6th Marquess of Butler to the city and the inhabitants of Kilkenny .
Lord Ormond passed away on October 25, 1997, in Chicago , Illinois , at the age of 98.
After the death of Charles Butler in 1997, the title of Marquis of Ormond was broken, and the title of Count Ormond was in a state of expectation. Pierce James Richard Butler, 18th Viscount of Montgaret (born 1961 ), who replaced his father in 2004 , is considered the most likely heir to the deceased Marquis of Ormond as Count of Ormond.
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Notes
- 2 1 2 Debrett's Guide 1982, Distinguished People in British Life. - Debrett's Peerage. - P. 1168.
- ↑ Supplement 32259, page 2171 . The London Gazette (March 15, 1921). The appeal date is October 10, 2018.