Peerage Record – 19497

     Eleanor Frances Butler was born on 19 February 1880.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Bt. and Hester Elizabeth Bellingham.² She died on 20 August 1965 at age 85, unmarried.¹

     Florence Gertrude Long was born in 1868 at Hampshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Long and Fanny Vansittart.¹ She died after 1891.¹

     Alice Dudley Leigh was born on 2 July 1874.² She was the daughter of Very Rev. Hon. James Wentworth Leigh and Frances Butler.^2,1 She married Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt., son of Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Bt. and Hester Elizabeth Bellingham, on 2 June 1906.¹ She died on 13 July 1965 at age 91.¹
     From 2 June 1906, her married name became Butler.

     Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 12th Bt. was born on 18 September 1910.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. and Alice Dudley Leigh.² He married Rosemary Liège Woodgate Davidson-Houston, daughter of Major James Hamilton Davidson-Houston, on 21 October 1937.¹ He died on 9 April 1994 at age 83.^1,3
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1944.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1954.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)¹ He gained the rank of Colone between 1955 and 1958 in the The Grenadier Guards.¹ He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Butler, of Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow [I., 1628] on 25 March 1955.¹ He was Military Advisor to the UK High Commissioner in New Zealand between 1959 and 1961.¹ He held the office of Major and Resident Governor of the Tower in 1961.¹ He held the office of Keeper of the Jewel House at the Tower in 1968.¹ He was appointed Commander, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.)¹ He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1970.¹

     Joan Butler was born on 15 March 1908.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. and Alice Dudley Leigh.² She married Robert Nigel Bright Brunt, son of Henry Robert Brunt, on 1 October 1943.¹
     From 1 October 1943, her married name became Brunt. She lived in 2003 at The Lodge, Cox’s Hil, Twyford, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Henry Robert Brunt lived at Belle Isle, County Fermanagh, Ireland^G.¹

     Robert Nigel Bright Brunt was the son of Henry Robert Brunt.² He married Joan Butler, daughter of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. and Alice Dudley Leigh, on 1 October 1943.¹ He died in 1982.¹
     He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Lt.-Col. Nicholas John Pierce Brunt was born on 17 April 1946.¹ He is the son of Robert Nigel Bright Brunt and Joan Butler.²
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Fusiliers.¹ He lived in 2003 at 118 Elm Grove Road, Barnes, London, England^G.¹