Henry Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret

Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret (18 December 1844 – 2 October 1912), was a British aristocrat.

Family

Henry Butler was the son of Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret and inherited the viscountcy on his death in 1900. He inherited Nidd Hall from his great-aunt Elizabeth Rawson in 1890.

Career

He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1895. In 1911 he was created Baron Mountgarret, of Nidd Hall in the West Riding of the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thus enabling him and his descendants to sit in the House of Lords until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999.

Marriage and Children

Lord Mountgarret married twice. His first marriage was in 1868 to Mary Charlton, who died in 1900. They had four children:

Mountgarret married secondly, at All Saints´Church, Margaret Street, London, on 5 February 1902, Robina Hanning-Lee, daughter of Colonel Hanning-Lee, commander of the 2nd Life Guards.[1] They had one child:

References

  1. "Court circular". The Times (36684). London. 6 February 1902. p. 6.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Henry Edmund Butler
Viscount Mountgarret
1900–1912
Succeeded by
Edmund Somerset Butler
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Mountgarret
1911–1912
Succeeded by
Edmund Somerset Butler
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