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 8 GALMOYE — G ALSTON. II. 1G53. 2. Edward (Butlkr), Viscount of Galmoye [I.], grandson and k. being s. and h., of Col. the Hon. Piers Butler, of Barrowmount, by Margaret da. of Nicholas (Nktibrvjllk), 1st Viscount Netterviixk ok Douth [I], which Piers was s. and h. ap, of the 1st Viscount Galmoye, but d. v.p., being slaiu, ex. parte licgis, at the battle of Worcester in 11)50. He was 6. about 1627, aud sue. to the Peerage [I.] iu 1653. He was one of the Peers who attended the assembly in 16-10 of the confederate Catholics at Kilkenny, and was included in the clause of gratitude in the act of settlement of 1662. He m. Eleanor, widow of Sir Arthur Aston, da. of Sir Nicholas Wuite, of Leixlip. He (/. intestate about 1667. Admon. to his widow. III. 1667, S. Piers (Butler), Viscount of Galmoye [I.], s. aivl to h, b. about 1652 ; a minor at his father's death, whom he sue. iu the 1697. peerage [I.] 1667. He was er. D.C.L. of Oxford 6 Aug 1677. P.C. [I.], 1686. He was a loyal adherent to King James II., for whom he was in command of a Iieg. of Horse at the battle of Boyno (and consequently outlawed 11 May 1691) being taken prisoner at Augkrhn, and (having been exchanged) being one uf the parties, on the Irish side, to the treaty of Limerick, 3 Oct. 1691, and accordingly included in that treaty. Following King James into France he was by him (when in exile) or., about 1692, Bad of Newcastle, (') CO. Limerick [I.], but was attainted iu 10!>7 by statute of William III., whereby his estates ejld peerage were forfeited. He became Lieut-Gcu. iu the French army. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Theobald Mathew, of Thurles, co. Tipperary. He d. s.p.m.s. ( b ) 18 June 1710, aged 88, aud was bur. at St. Paul's, Paris. (<) i.e., " Frankfort of Galmoye, co. Kilkenny," Barony [I.] (Morrcs), cr. 1800 ; see " Frankfort de Montmorency " Viscuuntey [I.], cr. 1816. GALSTON. i.e., " Castlemaiss and Galston," Barony [S.] (Dmmmnnd), cr. 1692, with the Dukedom of Melfout [8.1 by James II., when in exile. See vol. i, p. 59, note " b " {sub " Albemarle "), us to these " Jacoiiite Peerages." ( a ) See vol. i, p. 59, note "b," sub. "Albemarle," for a list of these "Jacobite" creations. ( b ) His only son Col. Edward Butler d. s.p., having been slain v.p., 11 Sept. 1709, at the battle of Malplaquet. (°) The title, notwithstanding the attainder, was on his death assumed (1) by his nephew and h. male Col. James-Francis- liichard Butler, bap. at St. Oermaiu-en-laye, who d. s.p. in France about 1770, when his (illegit.) nephew Piers- Louis-Antoiue Butler (wrongly) assumed it from 1771 till his death s.p. in 1826 ; but the right thereto (subject to the attainder) passed in 1771 to (2) Piers Butler, of Dubliu, Barrister at Law, s. and h. of Edmond B. (living 1719), who was s. aud h. of Piers Butler (Major of Dragoous to James II. 1, who was s. and h. of Edmond B. (d. 1691) a yr. br. of Edward, the 2d Viscount. This Piers was sue. by his only son (3), Edmoud-Theobald- Maudevile Butler, of Garreudenny, Queen's county, who d. 1825 and was sue. by his s. and h. (4), Piers Theobald Butler, who d. unm. iu 1821, being sue. by his br. and h. (5) Garret Butler, who petitioned the crown for the said peerage, and obtained a favourable report, 29 June 1828, of his right thereto, subject to the reversal of the attainder. He however, (I. s.p., iu 1861, but it is believed that his yr. br., Theobald Butler, left issue. See " Lynch," pp. 27S-2S7, and see, also, Burke's extinct Peerage. ( d ) This is a curiously made up title ; " Fvanlcfurt " being taken from a district of huuls, co. Kilkenny ; and " Galmoye " being commemorative of the grantee's descent from the family of Butler, Viscounts Galinoyc [I.]