Career
He was created Baron Butler of Cloughgrennan, Viscount Tulloogh and Earl of Arran (having purchased the Aran islands) in May 1662 in the Peerage of Ireland In 1673, as a reward for his bravery in the sea fights against the Dutch, he was created Baron Butler of Weston in the Peerage of England. He died in London. His first, childless, marriage was to Mary (1651-1668) daughter of James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond. Charlotte was the mother of the first Earl Cornwallis.
As the Earl died without male issue, the titles became extinct.