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James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond, Earl of Wiltshire KG (24 November 1420 – 1 May 1461) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and soldier. Butler was a staunch Lancastrian and supporter of Queen consort Margaret of Anjou during the Wars of the Roses. He was beheaded by the victorious Yorkists following the Battle of Towton .
- 24 November 1420, Kilkenny, Ireland
- James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond
- 1 May 1461 (aged 40), Newcastle, England
- Joan de Beauchamp
Home. Butler, James. Contributed by. Beresford, David. Butler, James (1420–61), 5th earl of Ormond and earl of Wiltshire, was eldest son of James Butler (qv), 4th earl of Ormond, and his first wife, Joan, daughter of William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny.
Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661.
Butler succeeded to the earldoms of Ormond and Ossory on his father's death (August 1539). He benefited greatly from the land grants of the 1530s, and emerged as the most powerful magnate in Ireland, with an increasingly strong grip over the Dublin government.
Contributed by. Beresford, David. Butler, James ( c. 1390–1452), 4th earl of Ormond, called the ‘White Earl’, probably because of his pale hair, was the elder of the two legitimate sons of James Butler (qv), 3rd earl of Ormond, and his wife Anne, daughter of John, Lord Welles, and became earl on his father's death (September 1405).
A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Butler, James, 5th Earl of Ormond, born 24th November 1420, was almost the first after the settlement of his family in Ireland that was not left a minor on the death of his father. When young he was knighted by Henry VI. and he accompanied Richard, Duke of York, to France.
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Ormonde, James Butler, 5th earl of. views 1,361,854 updated. James Butler Ormonde, 5th earl of, 1420–61, Irish nobleman. He was knighted in his youth by Henry VI of England and was created earl of Wiltshire in 1449. He succeeded to the earldom of Ormonde in 1453.
