James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde

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James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, KP was born on 15 July 1777 and died on 18 May 1838. He was the son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford.

Butler served as a member of the last Parliament of Ireland before the Union and as a United Kingdom Member of Parliament for the Irish county constituency of Kilkenny. He was a member of the UK House of Commons from 1801, until his succession to the peerage, as Earl of Ormonde, in 1820.

He was created, at the Coronation of George IV, a Peer of the United Kingdom, as Baron Ormonde, of Llanthony, in the county of Monmouth and in 1825, Marquess of Ormonde.

He married Grace Louisa Staples, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Staples and Hon. Henrietta Molesworth, on 12 October 1807.

• John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde (1808-1854), married with Frances Jane (d. 26 Aug. 1903), daughter of Gen. Hon. Sir Edward Paget, GCB and had issue.
• Captain Lord James Wandesford Butler (1815-1893), married with Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, daughter of 6th Duke of Bedford and had issue.

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• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by John Butler-Wandesford and James Wemys	Member of Parliament for Kilkenny City with James Wemys 1796	Succeeded by James Wemys and Bryan Kavanagh
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by William Ponsonby and John Butler-Wandesford	Member of Parliament for Kilkenny County with William Ponsonby 1796–1800	Succeeded by Parliament abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New UK constituency	Member of Parliament for Kilkenny County with William Ponsonby 1801–06, Hon. George Ponsonby 1806, Hon. Frederick Ponsonby 1806-20 1801–1820	Succeeded by Hon. Frederick Ponsonby Charles Clarke
Titles of nobility
Preceded by New Creation	Marquess of Ormonde 1825–1838	Succeeded by John Butler
Preceded by Walter Butler	Earl of Ormonde 1820–1838