Theobald Butler (solicitor–general)

Sir Theobald (Toby) Butler (1650-1720) was a leading barrister and politician in late seventeenth-century Ireland, who held office as Solicitor General for Ireland. He is mainly remembered for framing the articles of the Treaty of Limerick, and for his eloquent plea to the Irish House of Commons against the Popery Act of 1703, which allowed any Protestant son of a Roman Catholic to debar his Catholic brothers from inheriting the family property. He was a much loved "character" in Dublin, and his great popularity shielded him from any harm which he might have suffered from his religious beliefs.

He was born at Boytonrath, County Tipperary, a younger son of James and Mary Butler. The various branches of the Butler dynasty were much intermarried: James belonged to the branch of the family which was headed by the Baron Dunboyne, while Mary was probably a granddaughter of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde. In the turmoil following the Irish Rebellion of 1641 the family temporarily lost possession of Boytonrath, and settled at Ballyline near Ennis in County Clare, where Toby grew up.

He entered the Inner Temple in 1671, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1676. He practiced at first on the Connaught Circuit, but later settled in Dublin, where he spent the rest of his life. His principal estate was at Saggart in County Dublin; he also had a town house at Nicholas Street in Dublin city.

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