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James Butler, 2nd/12th Baron Dunboyne

• References:
  • BUTLER of Priestown on p.93 of [Burkes Irish, 1912]
  • BUTLER of Maiden Hall on p.130 of [Burkes Irish, 1958]

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • The following deeds are referred to in SL/B/1(13).
    • Deed of 6 July 1738. Arthur Herbert and his wife to Theobald Butler of Dublin. Butler gets lease of town and lands of Curranes, Co.Kerry (Waterville). To hold for lives of Theobald Butler and James Butler his eldest son and Whitwell Butler his 3rd son.
    • Deed of 12 Apr 1773. Lucy Herbert to Richard Chute (husband of Charity Herbert). Town and lands of Curranes, Co.Kerry, then held by heirs of Theobald Butler, deceased.

James Butler, 2nd/12th Baron Dunboyne.
See genealogics.
Descendant of Edward I.
He mar 2ndly to his 2nd cousin Margaret O'Brien [dau of 3rd Earl of Thomond].
She is also descendant through Butler of Edward I.
And she is descendant of the Kings of Thomond and the Kings of Munster and Brian Boru.
He died Feb 1625 (new style).
He had issue by 2nd wife:

Theobald Butler,
born 1610.
He had issue:

Rev. Pierce Butler.
He had issue:

1. Theobald Butler,
   born c.1690,
   of Priestown, Co.Meath.
   He mar 2ndly, 1722, to Mary Whitwell.
   He is the one who acquired the land at Waterville, Co.Kerry. See Deed of 1738
   James Butler in 1932 says that: "The first Butler to live in Currane (Waterville) was Theobald" and Theobald "lived at Currane in what is the original of the present "Waterville House"."
   Theobald had issue by 2nd wife:

   
   

   1. James Butler,
      of Priestown, Co.Meath.
      Ancestor of Hubert Butler (the writer, born 1900, famous for saving Jews in WW2).
      Ancestor also of Jessica Butler, mother of Turtle Bunbury, historian and genealogist.

      
      

   2. Whitwell Butler,
      of Waterville, Co.Kerry.
      A family tree says he was born 1736.
      [Burkes Irish, 1958] says he was born 1743. But this cannot be. He is already mentioned in Deed of 1738.

The composer Thomas O'Brien Butler (born 1861) notes that he descends from O'Brien, Earl of Thomond.
A descent from the Earls of Thomond is correct, though he gets the exact origin slightly wrong.
This is from Seven original Irish melodies, Kincora edition, 1903.

The start of BUTLER of Priestown on p.93 of [Burkes Irish, 1912].