Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler

Theophilus Butler, 1st Baron Newtown-Butler (1669 – 11 March 1724), was an Irish politician and peer.

Butler was the son of Francis Butler and Judith Jones. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.^[2] He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Cavan between 1703 and 1713. In 1711, he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He then represented Belturbet from 1713 to 1714.^[3] In 1715, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Newtown-Butler in the Peerage of Ireland, and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. The title was created with special remainder to the heirs male of his father; upon Lord Newtown-Butler dying without children in 1724, the title passed to his younger brother, Brinsley Butler, who was made Viscount Lanesborough in 1728. Theophilus married Emily Stopford, eldest daughter of the Cromwellian officer James Stopford of Newhall, County Meath and his second wife Mary Forth, daughter of Sir Robert Forth.

References[edit]

^ Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, 1884, p.153
^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p. 76 (retrieved 2 April 2020).

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt Francis White	Member of Parliament for County Cavan 1703–1713 With: Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Francis Hamilton, Bt Robert Saunderson
Preceded by Richard Tighe Sir Thomas Taylor, Bt	Member of Parliament for Belturbet 1713–1714 With: Brinsley Butler	Succeeded by Charles Delafaye Brinsley Butler
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Newtown-Butler 1715–1724	Succeeded by Brinsley Butler