Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet
Irish politician
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Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet (1735 – 7 October 1772)[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.
He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy.[2] Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768,[3] the same constituency several members of his family had represented before.[4] In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington[3] and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.[1]