Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin

Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin was an Irish nobleman, born in Kilkenny, Ireland to James Butler, 3rd Viscount Ikerrin and Eleanor Redman, daughter of Colonel Daniel Redman, of Ballylinch, County Kilkenny and Abigail Otway. He was a descendant of John Butler of Clonamicklon. Thomas was a member of the clergy and Chaplain-General to the Army in Flanders. He married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton of Bangor, County Down and Sophia Mordaunt. His elder brother Pierce Butler, 4th Viscount Ikerrin, a Brigadier general in the Army, died in 1711, leaving an infant son, James, who succeeded as 5th Viscount but died young, whereupon Thomas succeeded to the title.