Piers Butler of Duiske

Piers Butler of Duiske, Barrowmount, County Kilkenny (died 1650) was the son of Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye and Hon. Anne Butler, daughter of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret. He gained the rank of Colonel of Dragoons. After the Battle of Lambstown, County Wexford, he was taken prisoner, and was "killed, it is said after quarter being given"[1] by the Cromwellian Captain William Bolton.[2]

Marriage and issue

He married Hon. Margaret Netterville, the daughter of Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville of Dowth, County Meath and his first wife Eleanor Bathe of Drumcondra. Their children were:

See also

References

  1. "The Butlers of Duiske Abbey". The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. January 1868.
  2. The Peerage.
  3. Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire., Vol 1, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 501
  4. Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire., Vol 1, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, p. 502


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