Arthur Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde

James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde (23 September 1849 – 4 July 1943) was the son of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and Frances Jane Paget. At the time of his birth, he was the third son of Lord and Lady Ormonde, and was christened James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler.
Career.
Lord Arthur was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He later joined the army as a Lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards, and served as a State Stewart to Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon whilst the latter was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
He was a Justice of the Peace in the county of Kent and a Deputy Lieutenant in the County Kilkenny. He was the 28th Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland. Unlike previous generations, he did not live in the family seat of Kilkenny Castle as his son inherited it directly from his uncle. The contents of the castle were sold in 1935 and the castle left neglected.
Marriage and later life.
He married the American heiress Ellen Stager (daughter of Gen. Anson Stager of Chicago, Illinois) on 8 March 1887 and had four children:
After they were married the couple were known as Lord and Lady Arthur Butler. Lady Arthur brought a personal fortune upon her marriage of US$1,000,000, which was the equivalent of approximately £200,000 in 1887. Her father, General Anson Stager was an early pioneer of the use of the Telegraph, and was the chief of U.S. Military Telegraph during the Civil War.
In 1891, the couple were recorded as living at 21 Park Lane, City of Westminster, London. and at Sandleford Priory, near Newbury, in 1897.
In 1909, Lord and Lady Arthur purchased Gennings House in Kent, and leased 11 Bryanston Square in London. After Lord Arthur's brother died in 1919 and he became Marquess of Ormonde, Lord Ormonde's son George Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde inherited the bulk of the family estates in order to avoid double taxation. Pursuant to the will of the 3rd Marquess, Lord Ormonde was the beneficiary of an annual charge of £3,000 on the Ormonde Estate.
In the 1920s the sister of Ellen, Marchioness of Ormonde, Mrs Annie Stager Hickox (of Cleveland, Ohio) died in Monte Carlo. She left a total estate of $847,207, half of which was left to Lady Ormonde.
His ashes lie in Ulcombe, Kent. His son inherited the title from him.
Issue.
Lord and Lady Ormonde had four children: