Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde

Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde and 9th Earl of Ossory (de jure; 10 June 1703 – 2 June 1783), succeeded his first cousin as de jure Earl of Ormonde but did not assume the honours.

He married Ellen (Eleanor) Morris, eldest daughter of Nicholas Morris of the Court, County Dublin, on 19 December 1732. They had a son and three daughters:

Following his inheritance of the estates, Walter decided to move into Kilkenny Castle which was in a very dilapidated state. His son, John, had married the heiress Anne Wandesford of Castlecomer, and Walter and John spent much of his inheritance on the castle. They re-routed the old approach road away from the castle, built a new road, and then landscaped and planted the Castle Park and the road much as it is today. They built the beautiful stables and courtyards across this road and finally Walter moved to his newly built dower house, Butler House beyond those stables. After his father's death, John Butler reclaimed the title of seventeenth Earl of Ormonde. This was confirmed in 1791. The Butlers rapidly re-established their position and prestige. They always had large areas of land in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary, and now were able to become the largest landowners in the south-east.

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