Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet(167017 April 1732) was an Irish politician and baronet.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet and his wife Jane Boyle, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Boyle, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. In 1691, Butler was educated at Trinity College Dublin"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p122: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and Lincoln's Inn. In 1704, he succeeded his father as baronet. Butler represented County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1715. In 1712, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland.
Marriage In December 1697, he married Anne Galliard, daughter of Joshua Galliard. Butler died without male issue and thus the baronetcy went to his nephew Richard.
See also Butler dynasty
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