Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir or Caher (died 1558) was an Irish peer.
Biography Butler was the son of Catherine Power and Edmund Butler, in turn a descendant of James "Gallda" Butler.Butlers of Cahir - Thomas BUTLER (1° B. Cahir)
Thomas Butler was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, on 10 November 1543, by the title of Baron of Caher.Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison & Sons, p. 96. He married Eleanor Butler, fifth daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond.Burke, John (1826). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Vol 1. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, p. 512. He lived in Cahir Castle and ruled much of the barony of Iffa and Offa West.
He died in 1558 and was succeeded by his only surviving son and heir, Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir who died himself two years later.Cokayne, George Edward (1889). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Volume 2. London: G. Bell and Sons, p. 103. As Butler had no legitimate male heirs, the title became extinct. It was, however, revived in favour of his first cousin, Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir (of the second creation).Lodge, Edmund, "The genealogy of the existing British peerage with brief sketches of the family history of the nobility.", 1832, pg 159.
See also Butler dynasty
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