Thom's Irish Who's Who/Butler, Sir Richard Pierce

BUTLER, Sir Richard Pierce Baronet (Irld., 1628), O.B.E., Mil. (1910), J.P., D.L., Co. Carlow (High Sheriff, 1905); late Capt. and Hon. Major, 8th Batt. King's R. Rifles; served in S. Africa as Special Service Officer with Mounted Infantry, and as Intelligence Officer (medal and 5 clasps); temp. Lieut.-Col. in the Army Remount Dept.: served in European War, 1914-19, in France, Italy and Syria (twice mentioned in despatches); 1914-15 Star: British War and Allied Victory Medals; son of Sir Thomas, 10th Bart., and Hester Elizabeth (d. 1904), eldest dau. of Sir Alan E. Bellingham, 3rd Bart; b. 28th Sept., 1872; s. his father, 8th Mar., 1909; m. 2nd June, 1906, Alice Dudley, only child of the Very Rev. the Hon. James Wentworth Leigh, late Dean of Hereford, and has issue a son and two daus. Res.: Ballintemple, Tullow, and Garryhundon, Co. Carlow; Brent House, 63 Pont Street, London, S.W. 1. Kildare Street Club, Dublin; Wellington, London, S.W.