John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde

John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde

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John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde and 8th Earl of Ossory (de jure) was born before 1744 and died on 24 June 1766. He was the son of Colonel Thomas Butler and Lady Margaret Burke. He succeeded, as Earl of Ormonde, his cousin the de jure 3rd Duke, but he did not assume the honours. He succeeded to the estates of the family upon the death of the Earl of Arran's only survivor sister Lady Elizabeth Butler, 1760. He married Bridget Stacey in April 1763 and they did not have issue.