[2] Their children were: Butler gained the rank of Major in 1689 in the service of the Colonel Edward Butler's Regiment of Horse which was in the army of King James II of England.
Edmond's elder brother Edward succeeded their grandfather as Viscount Galmoye in 1653.
In 1826, when Edward's male line became extinct, Edmond's great-great-great-grandson, Garret Butler, petitioned for the viscountcy and the reversal of the attainder.
The Attorney-General for Ireland and Solicitor-General for Ireland (Henry Joy and John Doherty) issued an opinion in 1828 that he would be entitled as senior male heir to the viscountcy if the attainder were reversed, but that would require an Act of Parliament.
[3][4] Garret Butler adopted the style Viscount Galmoy despite the lack of such an act.