Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (14 July 1761 – 16 January 1817)[1] was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet and his wife Dorothea Bayly, daughter of Very Rev. Edward Bayly, Archdeacon of Dublin.[2] In 1772, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1784.[3]
Butler sat for County Carlow in the Irish House of Commons from 1783 until 1790 and again from 1796 until the Act of Union in 1801.[4] Subsequently, he represented County Carlow in the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1802 general election.[5]
On 23 August 1782, Butler married Sarah Maria Newenham, only daughter of Thomas Worth Newenham.[6] They had at least a daughter and three sons.[2] His grandson, William C. Butler (1844–1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871.[7][8]
Butler died, aged 55 and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.[6]