Later, with the second creation of the title, it was bestowed on the descendants of his second son, John, who became Viscounts Ikerrin and Earls of Carrick. Sir Edmund Butler had distinguished himself in the fight against the Bruce invasion of Ireland.
His son, the 5th Viscount, died at an early age and was succeeded by his uncle, the 6th Viscount. He was a Protestant clergyman. His eldest son, the 7th Viscount, died as a child and was succeeded by his younger brother, Somerset Hamilton Butler. In 1748, the 8th Viscount Ikerrin was made Earl of Carrick in the Peerage of Ireland in memorial of his remote ancestor, John Butler, mentioned above.
He died unmarried and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Earl. He was the grandson of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Edward Butler, second son of the second Earl. Lord Carrick was a Major in the Welsh Regiment. His son, the seventh Earl, was Comptroller of the Household to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1913 to 1915 and fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. Lord Carrick had already in 1912 been created Baron Butler of Mount Juliet, in the County of Kilkenny, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him an automatic seat in the House of Lords. As of 2018[update] the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the eleventh Earl, who succeeded his father in 2008.
Brian Stuart Theobald Somerset Caher Butler, 9th Earl of Carrick (1931–1992)
David James Theobald Somerset Butler, 10th Earl of Carrick (1953–2008)
(Arion) Thomas Piers Hamilton Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick (born 1975)
Present peer
Arion Thomas Piers Hamilton Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick (born 1 September 1975) is the elder son of the 10th Earl and his wife Philippa Janice Victoria Craxton. Styled as Viscount Ikerrin from birth, on 8 January 2008 he succeeded as Earl of Carrick and to the other peerages.[2]
As of 2019, the heir presumptive was his younger brother Piers Edmund Theobald Lismalyn Butler (born 1979).[2]
Line of succession
Charles Butler, 7th Earl of Carrick (1873–1931)
Theobald Butler, 8th Earl of Carrick (1903–1957)
Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Carrick (1931–1992)
David Butler, 10th Earl of Carrick (1953–2008)
(Arion) Thomas Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick (b. 1975)
(1). Hon. Piers Edmund Theobald Lismalyn Butler (b. 1979)
(2). Hon. Lindsay Simon Turville Somerset Butler (b. 1979)
Hon. Guy Somerset Lionel Butler (1905–1983)
Rupert Lionel Somerset Butler (1940–2020)
(3). Piers Somerset Patrick Butler (b. 1970)
(4). Guy Somerset Hugh Butler (b. 2008)
(5). Luke Somerset Rupert Butler (b. 2010)
(6). Eli Somerset James Butler (b. 1971)
(7). Matthew Somerset Guy Butler (b. 1972)
(8). Sebastian Somerset Lionel Butler (b. 1979)
(9). Dermot Somerset Launcelot Butler (b. 1941)
Hon. Pierce Alan Somerset David Butler (1909–1964)
^Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Carrick". Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. pp. 509–511. ISBN2-940085-02-1.
References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]