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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

1665 - 1745

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James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, (29 April 1665 – 16 September 1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was raised as a Protestant, unlike his extended family who held to Roman Catholicism. He served in the campaign to put down the Monmouth Rebellion, in the Williamite War in Ireland, in the Nine Years' War and in the War of the Spanish Succession but was accused of treason and went into exile after the Jacobite rising of 1715. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde is the 16,091st most popular politician (down from 14,669th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 217th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ranks 16,091 out of 19,576. Before him are Afonso Dhlakama, Muiz ud din Bahram, Tomás Monje, Roberto Gualtieri, Ron Wright, and Ruth Perry. After him are Saleh Kebzabo, John Hunter, Kadashman-Harbe II, Alpín mac Echdach, Gabrán mac Domangairt, and József Szájer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1665, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ranks 11. Before him are José Benito de Churriguera, Adriaen Coorte, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Giacomo F. Maraldi, and Gottfried Arnold.  Among people deceased in 1745, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ranks 14. Before him are Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Antoine Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Nicola Fago.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ranks 271 out of 549. Before him are Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Philip Pettit (1945), Matt McGrath (1875), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Liam Brady (1956), and Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915). After him are Eoin Colfer (1965), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), Nahum Tate (1652), John O'Shea (1981), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Jacksepticeye (1990).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ranks 44. Before him are Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), and W. T. Cosgrave (1880). After him are Cathal Brugha (1874), John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), Albert Reynolds (1932), Peter Sutherland (1946), and Thomas Fitzsimons (1741).

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