James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, CVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 MC

Military Cross

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 (born 25 April 1893 - died in 1971) was a British peer

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. He was the son of James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde. He was High Steward of Wokingham from 1956. He served in World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 (1914-1918) and received the MC, and in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 (1940-1945). He was created CVO in 1960, '30th Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland.

He succeeded his brother James George Butler in 1949.

He married Jessie Carlos Clarke, daughter of Charles Carlos Clarke, on 26 January 1924.

• Jane Butler (b. 9 January 1925)
• Martha Butler (b. 14 January 1926)