He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Percy, daughter of Henry Percy.
[2] Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768,[3] the same constituency several members of his family had represented before.
[4] In 1771, Butler stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Portarlington[3] and also succeeded his father as baronet, however died only a year later.
[1] On 19 June 1759, Butler married Dorothea Bayly, only daughter of Very Rev.
[4] His oldest son Richard succeeded to the baronetcy.