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| Birth | 1271 | ||||||||
| Death | 9 October 1329 (aged 58 years) | ||||||||
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Biography
Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (1271 - 9 October 1329) was the third son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland and Joan FitzJohn.
Marriage and Children
He married Synolda le Petit, daughter of William le Petit
- Piers Butler, 2nd Baron Dunboyne (1294-1370)
Career
In 1324 he was called to the Irish Parliament (as were intermittently his descendants in the succeeding two centuries before the creation of the Barony of Dunboyne as a lordship of Parliament by patent 1541). He was created 1st Baron Dunboyne 1324, by prescription. He fought in the Battle of Ardnocher on 9 October 1329 and was killed in action by the Chief of the Clan Geoghegan.