John Butler 1st Earl Gowran 1643-1677

In December 1629 [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 19] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Butler. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1643 John Butler 1st Earl Gowran was born to James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 32] and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 27].

After 1654 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 20] and [his sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 43] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 38]. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 45].

On 14th November 1659 [his brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 24] were married at Den Bosch. He the son of [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 49] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 44].

In 1662 [his brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 27] by writ of acceleration6th Earl Ossory. [his sister-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 26] by marriage Countess Ossory.

In May 1662 [his brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran [aged 22] was created 1st Earl Arran.

On 26th October 1662 [his brother-in-law] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and [his sister] Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 52] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 47]. He the son of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 45] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

In September 1664 [his brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Stewart Countess Arran [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 42]. He the son of [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 53] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 49]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

In July 1665 [his sister] Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield [aged 25] died.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th February 1667. Soon as dined, my wife and I out to the Duke's playhouse, and there saw "Heraclius", an excellent play, to my extraordinary content; and the more from the house being very full, and great company; among others, Mrs. Steward [aged 19], very fine, with her locks done up with puffes, as my wife calls them: and several other great ladies had their hair so, though I do not like it; but my wife do mightily-but it is only because she sees it is the fashion. Here I saw my Lord Rochester [aged 19] and his lady, Mrs. Mallet [aged 16], who hath after all this ado married him; and, as I hear some say in the pit, it is a great act of charity, for he hath no estate. But it was pleasant to see how every body rose up when my Lord John Butler [aged 24], the [his father] Duke of Ormond's [aged 56] son, come into the pit towards the end of the play, who was a servant [lover] to Mrs. Mallet, and now smiled upon her, and she on him. I had sitting next to me a woman, the likest my Baroness Castlemayne [aged 26] that ever I saw anybody like another; but she is a whore, I believe, for she is acquainted with every fine fellow, and called them by their name, Jacke, and Tom, and before the end of the play frisked to another place. Mightily pleased with the play, we home by coach, and there a little to the office, and then to my chamber, and there finished my Catalogue of my books with my own hand, and so to supper and to bed, and had a good night's rest, the last night's being troublesome, but now my heart light and full of resolution of standing close to my business.

In June 1671 William St Lawrence 12th Baron Howth [aged 43] died. His son Thomas [aged 12] succeeded 13th Baron Howth. He was placed nuder the guardianship of his father's friend [his brother] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory [aged 36].

Before 19th February 1674 [his brother] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of [his father] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 63] and [his mother] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 58].

In January 1675 John Butler 1st Earl Gowran [aged 32] and Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford were married. She the daughter of Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal [aged 68] and Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal [aged 48]. He the son of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 64] and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 59].

On 13th April 1676 John Butler 1st Earl Gowran [aged 33] was created 1st Earl Gowran, 1st Viscount Clonmore, 1st Baron Aghrim. [his wife] Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford by marriage Countess Gowran.

In 1677 John Butler 1st Earl Gowran [aged 34] died at Paris [Map].

After 1677 Francis Aungier 1st Earl of Longford [aged 45] and [his former wife] Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford were married. She by marriage Countess Longford. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal and [his former mother-in-law] Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal [aged 50].

In 1697 [his former wife] Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford died.