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(1868). BUTLER, PIERCE SOMERSET. _b._ 26 Jany. 1801; called to Irish bar 1832; M.P. for co. Kilkenny 1 Dec. 1843 to 1 July 1852. _d._ 28 July 1865. _Annual Register_ (1854) 402–14. BUTLER, VERY REV. RICHARD (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Butler, V. of Burnchurch, co. Kilkenny who d. 1841_). _b._ near Granard, co. Longford 14 Oct. 1794; ed. at Reading and Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1817; V. of Trim, co. Meath 1819 to death; dean of Clonmacnois Dec. 1847 to death; one of founders of Irish archæological Society 1840 (united with Celtic Society 1854), for which he edited _Clyn and Dowling’s Annals of Ireland_ 1849; author of _Some notices of the Castle and of the Abbies at Trim_ 1835, _2 ed._ 1840. _d._ 17 July 1862. BUTLER, SIR RICHARD PIERCE, 9 Baronet. _b._ 4 March 1813; succeeded 8 Nov. 1861. _d._ 22 Nov. 1862. BUTLER, SIR THOMAS, 8 Baronet. _b._ 23 Oct. 1783; succeeded 16 Jany.