James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
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His Grace The Duke of Ormonde KG KT |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 19 February 1703 – 30 April 1707 |
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| Monarch | Anne |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Rochester |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Pembroke |
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In office 26 October 1710 – 22 September 1713 |
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| Monarch | Anne |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Wharton |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Shrewsbury |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 April 1665 Dublin, Leinster Ireland |
| Died | 16 September 1745 (aged 80) Papal Enclave of Avignon |
| Awards |
Knight of the Garter Knight of the Thistle |
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| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of England Kingdom of Great Britain Spain
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| Service/branch |
English Army British Army Spanish Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars |
Monmouth Rebellion Williamite War in Ireland Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession Jacobite rising of 1715 |
James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, 13th Earl of Ormond, 7th Earl of Ossory, 2nd Baron Butler, KG (29 April 1665 – 16 November 1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather the 1st Duke, he was raised as a Protestant, unlike his extended family who held to Roman Catholicism. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion, in the Williamite War in Ireland, in the Nine Years' War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715.
Born the son of Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory and his wife Emilia (née van Nassau-Beverweerd), and grandson of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Butler was born in Dublin and was educated in France and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford. On the death of his father on 30 July 1680 he became Baron Butler in the English peerage and Earl of Ossory by courtesy. He obtained command of a cavalry regiment in Ireland in 1683, and having received an appointment at court on the accession of James II, he served against the Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685. Having succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Ormonde on 21 July 1688, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 28 September 1688. In 1688 he also became Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
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