Sir Richard Butler

✓ DOCUMENTED (Cokayne, Complete Peerage vol. VI, 'Ormond' pp.139-146 (photographed & read 23 Jul 2026)., p.145-46): SIR RICHARD BUTLER OF POOLESTOWN, co. Kilkenny - the 2ND SON of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, and FOUNDER OF THE POLESTOWN CADET BRANCH from which Piers 8th Earl (and Aynsley) descend. Father of Sir Edmund (our line). *** THE JUNCTION back to the senior Ormond line & Edward I. Direct ancestor. Added 23 Jul 2026. ||CP ORMOND READ 6 Aug 2026 (p.145)|| CONFIRMED IN CP: 'Sir Richard BUTLER, of Poolestown, co. Kilkenny, the 2nd s. of James, 3rd EARL OF ORMOND' - the Polestown branch-point exactly as wired. ||27 Oct 2026 - WIFE WIRED (~)|| Catherine O'Reilly, da. of 'Gildas O Reily, Lord of the county of Cavan' (Lodge IV); CP names no wife. Her father not wired - see her note on the chronology. Source: Lodge, Peerage of Ireland (1789) vol. IV, 'Butler, Viscount Mountgarret' p.17 (Ormond succession), archive.org peerageofireland04lodg, read 27 Oct 2026.