Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick

Edmund Butler (died 1321), 6th Chief Butler of Ireland and nominally Earl of Carrick, was an Irish magnate who served as Justiciar of Ireland during the difficult times of the Scottish invasion from 1315 to 1318 and the great famine of 1316 to 1317.[1][2]

  1. ^ Robin Frame (3 January 2008). "Butler, Edmund, earl of Carrick (d. 1321)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50020. Retrieved 28 September 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ The Complete Peerage, vol. II Bass to Canning, pp. 449–450, retrieved 28 September 2022