James Butler, Viscount Thurles.

About James Butler, Viscount Thurles

James Anthony Butler, Viscount Thurles was a British aristocrat, soldier, and journalist who was a member of the Butler dynasty from Ireland, and one of the last members of the family to live at Kilkenny Castle. Born the eldest child and only son of George Butler, Earl of Ossory and Sybil Butler, Countess of Ossory, he was the only male-line great-grandson of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde; as the only male member of the family of his generation, his premature death in 1940 heralded the eventual extinction of the Marquessate of Ormonde. Through his mother he was a first-cousin once-removed of Sir Winston Churchill.