Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormond

On June 24, 1766, after the death of his childless cousin, John Butler, the 15th Earl of Ormond, Walter Butler inherited the de jure titles of the 16th Earl of Ormond, the 10th Earl of Ossory, and the 8th Viscount of Thurls.

After inheriting titles and possessions, Walter Butler decided to move to Kilkenny Castle , which was in very poor condition. His son, John Butler, married the heiress Ann Wanderford of Castlecomer . Walter and John Butlers spent most of her inheritance on the ancestral castle. They re-laid the old access road to the castle, built a new road, and then landscaped and planted the castle park. They built stables and courtyards on this road. Walter Butler moved to the newly built Butler House in Kilkenny County.

On June 2, 1783, Walter Butler, the 16th Earl of Ormond, died at the age of 79. His titles and possessions were inherited by his only son John Butler, the 17th Earl of Ormond . In 1791, the House of Lords of Ireland recognized all the titles of John Butler, the 17th Earl of Ormond. The battles quickly regained their prestige. They always owned large plots of land in the Kilkenny and Tipperary counties , and now they were able to become the largest landowners in the southeast of Ireland.

• Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond (1559–1632)
  • Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles (1594–1619), eldest son of the 11th Earl
    • James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610–1688), eldest son of Viscount Thurles
      • Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory (1634–1680), eldest son of the 1st Duke
        • James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond (1665-1745), grandson of 1st Duke
        • Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (1671-1758), grandson of the 1st Duke, younger brother of the 2nd Duke of Ormond
    • Richard Butler of Kilkash (1615-1701), the younger son of Viscount Thurles, brother of the 1st Duke.
      • Walter Butler of Harririken (died 1700), the eldest son of Richard, great-grandson of the 11th Earl of Ormond. Harririken - graveyard in barony of Knocktopher , County Kilkenny
        • Colonel Thomas Butler of Harririken (d. 1738), eldest son of Walter Butler
          • John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormond (died 1766), son of Colonel Thomas Butler
        • John Butler from Harririken, second son of Walter and brother of Colonel Thomas
          • Walter Butler, the 16th Earl of Ormond (1703–1783), the son of John Butler, a descendant of the 11th Earl of Ormond, and a cousin of the 15th Earl of Ormond.

On December 19, 1732, Walter Butler married Ellen (Eleanor) Morris (1703 - December 31, 1793), the eldest daughter of Nicholas Morris from the county of Dublin. They had a son and three daughters:

• John Butler, the 17th Earl of Ormond (1740–1795), has been married since 1769 to Francis Susan Elizabeth Wandesford ^[1] , the daughter and heiress of John Wandesford, the 1st graph of Wondesford and the 5th viscount of Castlecomer. When Count Wandesford died in 1784 , his titles were interrupted, and his estates were taken over by his son-in-law John Butler (by wife’s right) ^[2]
• Lady Francis Butler , wife of Morgan Kavana of Ballyheil (Kilkenny county) ^[3]
• Lady Susanna Butler , wife since 1755 Thomas Kavana McMurrow ^[4]
• Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1739-1829), one of the Lady of Llangollen .

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• Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde