James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG, PC ; Irish statesman and soldier^[1]

1665 - 1745  (80 years)

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  Name	James FitzJames Butler  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG, PC ; Irish statesman and soldier
  Birth	29 Apr 1665	Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	29 Apr 1665 (0 years)  [1]
  	second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Butler by his wife Emilia van Nassau-Beverweerd.[1] His father was known as Lord Ossory. He was heir apparent of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond but predeceased him and so never became duke
  Name	30 Jul 1680 (15 years)  [1]
  	On the death of his father on 30 July 1680 he became Baron Butler in the English peerage and the 7th Earl of Ossory in the Irish Peerage
  Name	28 Sep 1688 (23 years)	[Member] Knight of the Garter (K.G.), Most Noble Order of the Garter   [1]
  	Having succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Duke of Ormonde on 21 July 1688, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 28 September 1688
  Legal,Law,Arrest	21 Jun 1715 (50 years)	[Charge] Impeached for High Treason   [1]
  	impeached for high treason by Lord Stanhope on 21 June 1715.[44] He might have avoided the impending storm of parliamentary prosecution, if he had remained in England and stood trial but instead he chose to flee to France in August 1715[45] and initially stayed in Paris with Lord Bolingbroke.[46]
  Legal,Law,Arrest	20 Aug 1715 (50 years)	[Attainted] Attainder of Duke of Ormonde Act 1714
  	On 20 August 1715 he was attainted by the Attainder of Duke of Ormonde Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 17); his estate forfeited, and honours extinguished.[47] The Earl Marshal was instructed to remove the names and armorial bearings of Ormonde and Bolingbroke from the list of peers[48] and Ormonde's banner as Knight of the Garter was taken down in St George's Chapel.
  Legal,Law,Arrest	20 Jun 1716 (51 years)
  	On 20 June 1716, the Parliament of Ireland passed the County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715 (2 Geo. 1. c. 8 (I)), extinguishing the regalities and liberties of the county palatine of Tipperary; for vesting his estate in the crown[50] and for giving a reward of £10,000 for his apprehension, should he attempt to land in Ireland
  Legal,Law,Arrest	24 Jun 1721 (56 years)	[Law] Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1720
  	Parliament of Great Britain passed the Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1720 (7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 22) on 24 June 1721 which enabled his brother, Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, to purchase his estate, which he accordingly did
  Death	16 Sep 1745	Avignon, France   [1]
  Burial	22 May 1746	Westminster Abbey
  Occupation	9 Feb 1683 (17 years) - The Honourable Society of Middle Temple, Middle Temple, London  - On 9 February 1683 he was admitted to the Middle Temple, alongside his grandfather, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, and several other peers [1]
  	Jul 1685 (20 years) - [Battles] Battle of Sedgemoor July 1685  - served against the Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685 [1]
  	Aug 1714 (49 years) - King George I on his accession to the throne in August 1714 instituted extensive changes and excluded the Tories from royal favour. Ormonde was stripped of his posts as Captain-General, as colonel of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and as Commander in Chief of the Forces [1]
  	1719 (53 years) - Took part in a Spanish and Jacobite plan to invade England and put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in 1719, but his fleet was disbanded by a storm in the Bay of Biscay
  Person ID	I14296	AHP
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - On 9 February 1683 he was admitted to the Middle Temple, alongside his grandfather, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, and several other peers - 9 Feb 1683 (17 years) - The Honourable Society of Middle Temple, Middle Temple, London  Name - Having succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Duke of Ormonde on 21 July 1688, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 28 September 1688 - 28 Sep 1688 - [Member] Knight of the Garter (K.G.), Most Noble Order of the Garter  Burial - 22 May 1746 - Westminster Abbey   = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  Wikipedia version | Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Butler,_2nd_Duke_of_Ormonde