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226 COMPLETE PEERAGE arran [Thomas Butler, slykiJ hoRD Tullogh, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. ap., ^.before Nov. 1680, ^«r., an infant, 7 June 1881, at Christ Church, Dublin.] [Thomas Butler, styled Lord Tullogh, 3rd, but ist surv. s. and h. ap., i>ur., an infant, 24 Aug. 1685, at Kensington, Midx.] II. 1693 I. Charles Butler, nephew of Richard (Butler), to Earl of Arran [I.] abovenamed, being 2nd and yst. surv. 1758. s. of Thomas Butler, s/ykd Karl of Ossory (the s. and h. ap. of James, ist Duke of Ormonde), by Amelia, ist da. of Henry de Nassau, Baron of Beverwaet and Auverquerque, in Holland, was k 4 Sep. 1671. On 8 Mar. 1693, he was cr. (") BARON OF CLOUGHGRENAN, VISCOUNT OF TULLOGH and EARL OF ARRAN [I.]. On 23 Jan. 1693/4 he was cr. BARON BUTLER OF WESTON, CO. Huntingdon [E.]. He was Lord of the Bedchamber to William III, 1 699-1 702. Col. of the 6th Horse (now 5th Dragoon Guards) 1697-1703 ; Col. of the 3rd Troop of Horse Guards 1703-15 ; Brig. Gen. 24 Jan. 1702 ; Major Gen. i Jan. 1704 ; Lieut. Gen. 22 Apr. 1708; Master of the Ordnance [I.], Nov. 1712-14; Chancellor of the Univ. of Oxford, 10 Sep. 1715 ; D.C.L. 14 Sep. 171 5 ; and High Steward of Westminster, 28 Feb. 1 715/6, holding both these offices till his death. By Act. of Pari. [E.] 1721, he was enabled to repurchase the family estates (forfeited by the attainder of his br., the Duke of Ormonde, in 1 7 1 5), which were thus preserved in the family. On 2 Jan. 1 72 1/2 he was cr. DUKE OF ARRAN [E.] by the titular James III of England. C') Nothwithstanding this ///«/rtr creation, and that (some 23 years subsequently) by the death of his br., James, 2nd Duke of Ormonde [I.], s.p.m., on 1 6 Nov. 1 745, he became dejure DUKE OF ORMONDE, i^c. [I.], he appears never to have styled himself otherwise than Earl of Arran [I.], (") the popular idea at that time being that the Irish titles (as well as the English) of his said br. had been forfeited by the act of attainder of the English Pari., 20 Aug. 171 5. He »?., (Lie. Fac. Off. 26 May 1705) 3 June 1705, at Oatlands, Weybridge, Surrey, Elizabeth, 4th da. and coh. of Thomas (Crew), 2nd Lord Crew of Stene, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir William Airmine, Bart., of Osgodby. She d. 11 May 1756, in her 77th year, and was bur. (as Countess of Arran) at Stean, co. Northampton. M.I. Will dat. 6 June 1732, pr. with nine codicils 2 Feb. 1757. He d. s.p.y in his 88th year, () (*) See the preamble to this creation in Lodge^ vol. iv, p. 64, note. () For a list of Jacobite Peerages, see Appendix F at the end of this volume. i^) On 20 Apr. 1750, by the death, unm., of his niece, Lady Elizabeth Butler (the only remaining issue of his br. the 2nd Duke), he became entitled to the Barony of Dingwall [S.], which was at that time (like the Irish titles) considered (erroneously), to have been forfeited by the English attainder in 17 15. The right to this Barony passed on his death (1758) to the heirs general, i.e. his sisters and their issue. See " Dingwall, " Barony [S.], cr. 1609. C) " An inoffensive old man, the last male of the illustrious house of Ormond ;