Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817) [1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin. [2] In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet. [1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1784. [3]
Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801. [4] Subsequently, he represented County Carlow in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1802 general election. [5]
On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham. [6] They had at least a daughter and three sons. [2] His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871. [7] [8]
Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas. [6]
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