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Sir Edmund Butler (c.1270-13 September 1321) was the second son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland, the Justiciar of Ireland and a soldier who fought against Edward Bruce.

Edmund succeeded to his father’s lands upon the death of his elder brother Theobald in 1299. He was created Justiciar of Ireland in 1303 and in 1309 was knighted by Edward II in London. Three years later he defeated the O'Byrne and O'Toole clans in Glenmalure.

Having distinguished himself during the Bruce campaign in Ireland alongside John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth and Roger Mortimer, on 1 September 1315, Edmund was granted a charter of the castle and manor of Carrick, Macgryffin and Roscrea to hold to him and his heirs sub nomine et honore comitis de Karryk. However, the charter, while creating an earldom, failed to make Edmund's heir James Earl of Carrick (he was later created Earl of Ormond in his own right in 1328 alongside Roger Mortimer, who was created Earl of March, and Prince John of Eltham, who was made Earl of Cornwall).

Edmund went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1321 but died in London on 13th September 1321. He was buried at Gowran, County Kilkenny.

Issue

By his wife Joan FitzGerald, daughter of the John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, he had several children, the eldest of whom succeeded him as Chief Butler of Ireland but not as Earl of Carrick.

• James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305-1337)

• John Butler of Clonamelchon (b.c. 1305) was the ancestor of the later Earl of Carrick creation

References

• Robert the Bruce's Irish Wars: The Invasions of Ireland 1306–1329, Sean Duffy, 2004.
• The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ian Mortimer, 2004.
• Ormond, Duke of, Life 1610-'88: Thomas A. Carte, M.A. 6 vols. Oxford, 1851
• The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,p246,note g