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James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1774-1838)

James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, was born at Kilkenny Castle on 15 July 1774, the third son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde, and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford, heiress to the Wandesford estates.