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 2i6 COMPLETE PEERAGE Arlington as to the Earldoms and Viscountcy only, is entirely in accordance with this view, and it was probably held by the Law officers of the Crown that no such Barony was vested in the family of Butler, when, ten years later, the title was granted as a Peerage [U.K.] to a s. of the reigning monarch. At the same time it must be borne in mind that the Butler family was not promoted to an Earldom till 1328, ('') and that if there were, at that period. Baronies, in the sense of Peerage dignities, existing in Ireland, it is more than probable that some Barony C^) (whether under the name of " Butler, " " Le Botiller, " " Arklow " or " Carrick. ") was vested in this leading House, and, if so, such Barony, according to Lynch would have been a prescriptive dignity descendible to heirs male. In this case such Barony (whatever its name) would be vested de jure in the Marquess of Ormonde [I.], but, in the present state of our knowledge of this intricate subject, the matter must remain only one of opinion. i.e. "Arklow in Ireland," Barony {H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick)., cr. 1 801 with the Dukedom of Sussex, which see ; extinct 1843. i.e. "Arklow," Barony (H.R.H. Prince Leopold), cr. 1881 with the Dukedom of Albany, which see. ARLINGTON C) BARONY. I. Sir Henry Bennet, of Euston, Suffolk, 2nd s. of, ^ -. Sir John B., of Dawley, Midx., by Dorothy, da. of Sir John / Crofts, of Saxham, Suffolk (which Henry was a yr. br. of ^ Sir John Bennet, of Dawley, K.B., cr., in 1682, Lord ' ■ Ossulston), was ^. about 1620. Ed. at Westm. Matric. FART DOM ^^ Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 6 Nov. 1635, being then 15; was sometime a student there. M.A. 1642. Sec. to the I. 1672. Duke of York 1649-58. Knighted Mar. 1656/7. Envoy to Madrid 1658-61. M.P. for Callington 1661-65. Keeper of the Privy Purse 1661. P.C. 15 Oct. 1662. Sec. of State C) i.e. the d.-ite of the Earldom of Ormonde. The question as to the Earldom of Carrick [I.], of which the creation charter was 1315 (the year before the Earldom of Kildare), is ably discussed by J. H. Round in his article on " the Earldoms of Ormond " (see previous p., note " a "), who comes to the well sustained conclusion that the Carrick charter " was simply inept. " C") A full account of the holders of this Barony will be given under the name of " Butler ; " beginning with Theobald Fitz Walter, who may be considered as the ist Baron, as on him Henry II conferred the honourable office of Chief Butler, an office which of itself would probably confer, or imply, the rank of a Baron, and which henceforth gave the name to the family. Under the name of Butler or Le Botiller (without any territorial designation) these Barons appear in every roll of Pari, to which they were summoned, and under this name in like manner the grant of the Earldom of Carrick [I.] was made, in 1315, to the 7th Baron, as also that of the Earldom of Ormonde [I.] in 1328, to his son, the 8th Baron. i^) Usually called Harlington, a parish near Hounslow, Midx.