Peerage Record – 5822

     Richard Smyth was born on 7 May 1796.² He was the son of Grice Smyth.² He died on 19 April 1858 at age 61.²
     He lived at Ballynatray, County Waterford, Ireland^G.¹

     Major Tyssen Desmond Butler was born in 1906.¹ He is the son of Thomas Percy Butler and Harriette Gwendoline Smyth.¹ He married Dorothy West, daughter of George Saltonstall West, on 28 November 1940.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.¹

     Dorothy West is the daughter of George Saltonstall West.² She married Major Tyssen Desmond Butler, son of Thomas Percy Butler and Harriette Gwendoline Smyth, on 28 November 1940.¹
     Her married name became Butler.

     George Saltonstall West lived at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.¹

     George Tyssen Butler was born on 12 October 1943.¹ He is the son of Major Tyssen Desmond Butler and Dorothy West.² He married Mary Victoria Leiter, daughter of Thomas Leiter and Marion Saffold Oates, in May 1970.¹
     He was educated at Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^G.¹ He graduated from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was a writer for Newsweek.¹ He wrote the book Pumping Iron.¹ He wrote the book The New Soldier, with Senator John F. Kerry.¹ A producer and director of movies, inclduing Pumping Iron (1977), Pumping Iron II (1985), In the Blood, The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001), Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure (IMAX 2001.)¹ He was awarded the BAFTA Award in 2001 for a TV version of Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure.¹ He lived in 2003 at True Farm, Holderness, New Hampshire, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Richard Percy Butler was born on 14 December 1944.¹ He is the son of Major Tyssen Desmond Butler and Dorothy West.²
     He lived in 2003 at 300 McKinstry Road, Gardiner, Ulster County, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Georgina Rose Mary Walker was the daughter of Captain Charles Walker.¹ She married, firstly, Sir George Beresford Butler, son of Antoine Sloet Butler and Mary Matilda Beresford, on 9 July 1896.² She married, secondly, Thomas Percy Butler, son of Henry William Paget Butler and Geraldine Sydney FitzGerald, on 22 April 1932.² She died in 1954.²
     From 9 July 1896, her married name became Butler.

     Sir George Beresford Butler was born on 31 January 1857.¹ He was the son of Antoine Sloet Butler and Mary Matilda Beresford.² He married Georgina Rose Mary Walker, daughter of Captain Charles Walker, on 9 July 1896.¹ He died on 1 September 1924 at age 67.¹
     He held the office of Resident Magistrate (R.M.) for Queen’s County between 1889 and 1921.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1922.¹ He lived at Island View, Clifden, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     Thomas Butler was born on 23 May 1814.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Butler, 8th Bt. and Frances Graham-Clarke.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Tulip, daughter of Henry Tulip, on 5 May 1840.¹ He married, secondly, Emma Elizabeth Bertie Cator, daughter of Vice-Admiral Bertie Cornelius Cator and Sophia Atkinson, on 15 January 1861.¹ He died on 9 October 1893 at age 79.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the 7th Fusiliers.¹

     Antoine Sloet Butler was born on 11 October 1823.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Butler, 8th Bt. and Frances Graham-Clarke.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Matilda Beresford, daughter of Reverend George Hamilton de la Poer Beresford and Elizabeth Nisbet, in September 1854.¹ He married, secondly, Eliza Stevenson, daughter of Reverend Joseph Stevenson, on 29 April 1875.¹ He died on 25 December 1901 at age 78.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 7th Dragoon Guards.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He held the office of Divisional Magistrate [Ireland] between 1883 and 1888.¹