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Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, PC (Ire) (4 March 1728 – 24 January 1779), styled The Honourable until 1756 and Lord Newtown-Butler from 1756 to 1768, was an Irish politician and peer.
He was the son of Humphrey Butler, 1st Earl of Lanesborough and Mary Berry, daughter of Richard Berry. He succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Lanesborough in 1768.
From 1751 until 1768, he was a Member of Parliament (MP), or Knight of the Shire, for County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, and was High Sheriff of Westmeath in 1763. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.
As a Freemason, he was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland from 1753 to 1756, and was elected Grand Master in 1757, a post he held until the next year.
Family
He married Lady Jane Rochfort, daughter of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and his second wife Mary Molesworth. Their children were :
- Robert Butler, 3rd Earl of Lanesborough
- Hon. Augustus, father of George Butler-Danvers, 5th Earl of Lanesborough
- Lady Mary, who married George Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Lady Catherine, who married George Marlay, an army officer, only son of George Marlay, Bishop of Dromore
- Lady Charlotte, who married Hugh Debbing
- Lady Caroline
- Lady Sophia, who married Luigi, Marquis Marescotti of Milan.
His widow moved to Italy with her unmarried daughters, and there she gained an unenviable reputation for immorality and extravagance: in 1786 she fled from Naples to avoid being arrested for debt. When her daughter Sophia married a Milanese nobleman, the Marquis Marescotti, Emma, Lady Hamilton asked unkindly if the mother had sold the daughter off to pay her debts. She remarried John King, who had reputedly been her lover for some time, and died in 1828.
Arms
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References
- 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 p. 121: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- Waite, Arthur Edward (2007). A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Vol. I. Cosimo, Inc. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-60206-641-0.
- Fraser, Fiona Beloved Emma:the life of Emma, Lady Hamilton Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986
- Fraser Beloved Emma
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| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded byCharles Coote I John Maxwell |
Member of Parliament for County Cavan 1751–1768 With: John Maxwell 1751–1756 Hon. Barry Maxwell 1756–1761 Charles Coote II 1761–1766 William Stewart 1766–1768 |
Succeeded byHon. Barry Maxwell George Montgomery |
| Masonic offices | ||
| Preceded byHon. Thomas George Southwell | Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland 1757–1758 |
Succeeded byThe Earl of Drogheda |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded byHumphrey Butler | Earl of Lanesborough 1768–1779 |
Succeeded byRobert Butler |
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