Baron Dunboyne


Baron Dunboyne was a title first held by the Petit family some time after the Norman invasion of Ireland.

History

was part of the Lordship of Meath. The Petit family also had land holdings in Mullingar. In 1227, Ralph Petit became Bishop of Meath. In that capacity, he founded a priory of the Blessed Virgin in Mullingar and he endowed this establishment with the townland of Kilbraynan in Dunboyne, along with the rectory of Dunboyne, its tithes and other ecclesiastical revenues. A century later, Thomas Butler, son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland, married Sinolda, heiress of William le Petit. In 1324, Butler was created Baron Dunboyne by prescription. In this way, the Dunboyne properties and titles passed to the Butlers. In 1541, the barony was created by patent in the Peerage of Ireland. The barons are alternately numbered from the early 14th century by numbers ten greater than the number dating to the patent. The first baron of this sequence in turn married the heiress to an earlier line of Barons Dunboyne.
The family seat is Argo Hill House, near Rotherfield, East Sussex.

Barons Dunboyne (1324)

, Fethard, County Tipperary, was the seat of the barons until the Reformation in Ireland.
  • Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Butler, 2nd Baron Dunboyne
  • Thomas "MacPiarais" Butler, 3rd Baron Dunboyne
  • William Butler, 4th Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Butler, 5th Baron Dunboyne
  • Edmond Butler, 6th Baron Dunboyne
  • James Butler, 7th Baron Dunboyne, Seneschal of Tipperary until 1457
  • Edmond Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne, Seneschal of Tipperary from 1457 to 1478
  • James Butler, 9th Baron Dunboyne, Seneschal of Tipperary from 1478 to 1505
  • James Butler, 10th Baron Dunboyne

    Barons Dunboyne (1541)

  • Edmond Butler, 1st/11th Baron Dunboyne, the son of the 10th baron, was elevated to the peerage on 11/06/1541.
  • James Butler, 2nd/12th Baron Dunboyne
  • Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne, grandson of the 2nd baron
  • James Butler, 4th/14th Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Butler, 5th/15th Baron Dunboyne
  • James Butler, 6th/16th Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Butler, 7th/17th Baron Dunboyne
  • Edmond Butler, 8th/18th Baron Dunboyne
  • James Butler, 9th/19th Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Butler, 10th/20th Baron Dunboyne
  • Pierce Edmond Creagh Butler, 11th/21st Baron Dunboyne
  • John Butler, 12th/22nd Baron Dunboyne, son of the 20th baron
  • James Butler, 13th/23rd Baron Dunboyne
  • Theobald Fitzwalter Butler, 14th/24th Baron Dunboyne
  • James Fitzwalter Clifford-Butler, 15th/25th Baron Dunboyne
  • Robert St John Fitzwalter Butler, 16th/26th Baron Dunboyne
  • Fitzwalter George Probyn Butler, 17th/27th Baron Dunboyne
  • Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, 18th/28th Baron Dunboyne
  • John Fitzwalter Butler, 19th/29th Baron Dunboyne
  • Richard Pierce Theobald Butler, 20th/30th Baron Dunboyne
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Caspian Fitzwalter Butler.

Attribution

Category:1324 establishments in Ireland
Category:1541 establishments in Ireland
Category:Baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
Category:Noble titles created in 1324
Category:Noble titles created in 1541
Category:Butler dynasty