Viscount Mountgarret
His son, the fourth Viscount, received a pardon for all treasons and rebellions from King Charles II and was restored to his estates.He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Viscount who was a supporter of King James II and led the siege of Derry in 1688 to 1689.Despite the official title version, members of the Butler family have been known to refer to themselves as the rightful heirs to both the earldom and dukedom of Kilkenny.[5] In 1911 he was created Baron Mountgarret, of Nidd in the West Riding of the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The ancestral family home was Nidd Hall, also near Harrogate, The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon.
Edward VIPeerage of IrelandRichard ButlerHarrogateNorth YorkshireNidd HallPiers Butler, 8th Earl of OrmondMountgarretoutlawedKing Charles IIKing James IIsiege of DerryIrish House of LordsCounty KilkennyIrish House of CommonsKilkennyPeerage of the United Kingdomearldom of OrmondRichard Butler, 1st Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 2nd Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 3rd Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 4th Viscount MountgarretRichard Butler, 5th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 11th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 12th Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount MountgarretHenry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount MountgarretRichard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarretheir apparentIrish nobilityButler dynastyExtant viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and IrelandEnglandHerefordScotlandFalklandArbuthnottOxfuirdGreat BritainBolingbrokeSt JohnCobhamFalmouthTorringtonIrelandGormanstonValentiaDillonMassereeneCharlemontMolesworthChetwyndMidletonGalwayPowerscourtAshbrookSouthwellde VesciLiffordBangorDoneraileHarbertonHawardenFerrardUnited KingdomSt VincentMelvilleSidmouthExmouthCombermereHardingeBridportPortmanHampdenHambledenKnutsfordGoschenRidleyColville of CulrossKnollysAllendaleChilstonScarsdaleMerseyCowdrayDevonportWimborneSt DavidsRothermereAllenbyChelmsfordUllswaterYounger of LeckieBearstedCraigavonBridgemanHailshamBrentfordBuckmasterBledisloeHanworthTrenchardSamuelRunciman of DoxfordDavidsonCaldecoteCamroseStansgateMargessonDaventryAddisonKemsleyMarchwoodMontgomery of AlameinWaverleyThursoBrookeboroughNorwichLeathersSoulburyChandosDe L'IsleMonckton of BrenchleyMackintosh of HalifaxDunrossilStuart of Findhorn