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^'^ He was one of the King's Equerries at this time. The 

 Duke of York calls him " a truly honest man, very stout " {i.e. 

 loyal). He was subsequent to this date Governor of Kinsale. 

 He died at Dublin, February, 1686.— Clarendon to Rochester, 

 Dab. Castle, February 27, 1685-6. Macphcrson, Papers, vol. i., 

 p. 47. 



^^° James Butler, ist Duke of Ormonde, K.G., and 12th 

 Earl of Ormonde, was born October 19, 1610, installed a 

 Knight of the Garter, and created in 1642, Marquis of Ormonde. 

 The following year he was appointed Lord-lieutenant, of 

 Ireland. At the Restoration his fidelity and eminent service 

 to the royal cause were requited. In 1660 he had conferred 

 on him the title of Baron Butler of Llanthony, and Earl of 

 Brecknock, in the peerage of England, and in the following 

 year that of Duke of Ormonde in Ireland. In 1661 he 

 resumed the duties of Lord-lieutenant, which he performed 

 until 1669. Finally, in 1682, he was created an English duke 

 as Duke of Ormonde. He was a notable patron . of the 

 Turf, and breeder of thoroughbred stock, and a frequent 

 visitor to Newmarket, where a branch of the Butler family 

 held, for some generations, a manorial estate. His grace 

 married, in 1629, his cousin. Lady Elizabeth Preston, only 

 daughter of Richard, Earl of Desmond, and had four sons and 

 two daughters. The duke, known in history as " The great 

 Duke of Ormonde," died July 21, 1688, and was buried in 

 Westminster Abbey. 



The royal journey back to London was enlivened 

 by the following scenes, as we learn from Pepys : — 



" Pierce do tell me, among other news, the late frolick and 

 debauchery of Sir Charles Sedley and Buckhurst running up 

 and down all the night, almost naked, through the streets ; 

 and at last fighting, and been beat by the watch and clapped 

 up all night ; and how the king takes their parts ; and my Lord 



