Walter Butler (1703 - 1783)

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Walter Butler was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Walter Butler, de jure 16th Earl of Ormonde (1703-1783) was the son of John Butler and Frances Butler. He m. Ellen Morres on 19 Dec 1732.

Buried in the Butler mausoleum in the church graveyard near Kilcash Castle, County Tipperary.^[1][2]

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1. ↑ Kilcash Castle: "Kilcash dominates the landscape to the north of the main road between Clonmel and Kilkenny. This very fine Butler tower of 6 storeys, dates from the late 16th or early 17th century, and is undergoing restoration [2010]. There are remains of an attached later 2-storey house and fragments of a bawn to the north. There is a circular bartizan on the SE corner of the tower, and a box machicolation high above the entrance. Of the 4 chimneystacks, one is a later insertion originally from a fireplace in the upper storey of the attached house."
   • https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1542393
2. ↑ "Near [Kilcash Castle] are the remains of a medieval church consisting of a chancel and a nave with a Romanesque doorway in its south wall. This building was partially repaired in the 1980s and is now open to the public. In the graveyard, a Butler mausoleum (which is nearly as large as the church) contains the tombs of:
   • Thomas Butler of Garryricken; [paternal uncle of Walter, 16th Earl]
   • Christopher Butler, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel (1673–1757), a younger brother of Thomas Butler of Garryricken;
   • Margaret Magennis, Viscountess Iveagh (1673–1744), widow of Bryan, 5th Viscount Magennis and Thomas Butler;
   • Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde (died 1773);
   • John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde (died 1795). [Walter's son]"
     • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcash_Castle