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 ARRAN COMPLETE PEERAGE 225 ARRAN (in Ireland) EARLDOM [I.] I. Lord Richard Butler, 5th s. of James, ist J ,^ Duke of Ormonde, by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Dingwall [S.], was b. 15 June 1639, and was cr., ,'° 13 May 1662, BARON BUTLER OF CLOUGH- 1 6«5. GRENAN, VISCOUNT TULLOGH and EARL OF ARRAN [I.], C) with a spec, rem., failing the heirs male of his body, to his younger br., John Butler. P.C. [I.] 26 Aug. 1 663. Alnager of Ireland, 2 Sep. 1666 till his death. In 1673 he distinguished himself in the sea fight with the Dutch, for which he was cr., 27 Aug. 1673, BARON BUTLER of Weston, co. Huntingdon [E.]. D.C.L. Oxford 6 Aug. 1677. He was Custos Rot. of co. Carlow in 1682, and on 2 May 1682, was made Deputy to his father, then Lord Lieut, of Ireland, during his absence ; and on 10 Sep. 1684, being Col. of a Regiment of Guards, he was made Marshal of Array [I.], and held that office till his death. He w>., istly, before 16 Mar. 1666/7, Mary, de jure (^) suo jure (after 1660) Baroness Clyfton de Layton Bromswold, sister and h. of Esme, Duke OF Richmond, and da. of James (Stuart), Duke of Richmond [E.] and Duke of Lennox [S.], by Mary, da. of George (Villiers), Duke of Buckingham. She, who was bap. 10 July 1651, at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, was h. to her only br., who d. a minor, and unm., 14 Aug. 1660. She d. s.p., 4 July, and was bur. 19 Aug. 1668, (°) at Kilkenny Cathedral, aged 16. He w., 2ndly, before 7 (**) June 1673, Dorothy, da. of John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle, by Anne, da. of Sir Dudley Carleton. He d. in London, s.p.m.s., '^StO ^"'^ ^^^ bur. 27 Jan. 1685/6, in Westm. Abbey, aged 46, when (his abovenamed br., John, Earl of Gowran [I.], having d. before him s.p.) a// his peerage honours became extinct. Will dat. 7 Jan. 1677/8, "intending to embark for England," pr. 13 Jan. 1686/7. His widow d. 30 Nov. 171 6. Will dat. 23 Mar. 17 16, in which she directs to be bur. at Tamworth, near her father, pr. 7 Dec. 1 7 1 6. [James Butler, sty/ed Lord Tullogh, s. and h. ap., bap. 19 Feb. 1673/4 at Westm. Abbey, i-wr. there 10 Oct. 1676.] (") He had purchased the Isles of Arran, co. Galway, from Erasmus Smith. (*") According to the decision as to that dignity, 7 Feb. 1674. Q His mother writes, in Sep. of that year, of finding him " in great sadness. " The Duke writes, 16 Mar. 1666/7, " ^7 *0" Arran's wife grows a lovely person I never saw so much discretion in so few years, nor so little humour or trouble in any of her sex of w^hat age soever. " V.G. C) His mother writes in May 1673 of " the marriage near concluded of my son Arran to the daughter of one Ferrars, one of the best and ancientest families of England, formerly Earls of Essex. The portion is ;^ 12,000, and but one sickly young man between her and ^^3000 p.a. after his father's decease. " This young man, her only br., Sir Humphrey Ferrers, d. s.p.m., being drowned in the Trent, Sep. 1678. V.G. (') " He had a singular address in all kinds of exercises, played well at tennis and on the guitar, and was pretty successful in gallantry. " (Gramont, Memoirs). V.G. 30