James Butler 1610 - 1688
- occupation:
- Lord lieutenant of Ireland
- Nationality:
- English; British
- born in:
- Clerkenwell, Islington, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1621 - was claimed as a royal ward, and was removed from the Catholic school in Finchley to which his devout mother had sent him and from the Fleet prison where he was lodging with his grandfather and placed in the household of the severely Calvinist archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot. 1633 - becomes the 12th Earl of Ormonde on the death of his grandfather. 1639 - named as deputy to the commander-in-chief of the Irish army. 1642 - in recognition of his loyalty to King Charles I, was advanced to a marquessate. 1644 - made lord lieutenant of Ireland. 1647 - moved to England. 1648 - moved to France, where he worked with others to construct a coalition on behalf of the English king, Charles I. 1660 - returned to England with Charles II, at the Restoration. 1662 - was named as the new lord lieutenant of Ireland following the dissolution of the post during the Interregnum and returned to Ireland. 1669 - held position of chancellor of the University of Oxford. 1682 - was created an English Duke.