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Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 3, 1515, England

Born about 1426. Son of James Butler (4th Earl of Ormond) and Joan de Beauchamp (Countess of Ormond).

Brother of James Butler (5th Earl of Ormond), John Butler (6th Earl of Ormond), Elizabeth (Butler) Talbot (Countess of Shrewsbury), and Anne Butler.

Husband of, first, Anne (Hankford) Butler, and second Lora (Berkeley) Butler.

He and Anne were the parents of Lady Anne (Butler) St. Leger and Lady Margaret (Butler) Boleyn.

Through his daughter Margaret, Thomas Butler was the grandfather of Henry VIII's mistress and second queen Anne Boleyn.

He and Lora were the parents of Elizabeth Butler.

He became 7th Earl of Ormond and 8th Earl of Carrick, succeeding to the titles upon the death of his brother John Butler (6th Earl of Ormond) in 1478.

Served as Lord Chamberlain (1509-1512) to Henry VIII's first wife and queen, Catherine of Aragon.

Requiescat in pace.

Family links:
Parents:
James le Butler (1391 - 1452)
Joan de Beauchamp Butler (1396 - 1430)

Children:
Margaret Butler Boleyn (1454 - 1539)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Mercers Chapel
London
Greater London, England

Created by: wildgoose
Record added: Aug 17, 2012
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