Name Denis Brian | ||
Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough (28 October 1918 – 27 December 1998) was an Irish aristocrat. Butler also held the titles 10th Viscount Lanesborough and 12th Baron of Newton-Butler.
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Family
Butler married Bettyne Ione Everard Lady Newtownbutler, daughter of Sir William Lindsay Everard, on 20 December 1939 and had two daughters: Honourable Georgina Ione Butler (15 August 1941 – 28 December 1947) and Lady Denyne Butler (born 23 February 1945). Butler divorced his first wife in 1950 and married his secretary Patricia Julia Meston, daughter of F W Meston MC. Butler died on 27 December 1998 and his second wife Patrica Julia, Countess of Lanesborough died on 5 March 2015.
Swithland Estate
Butler inherited Swithland Hall, an estate of 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), from his father, the 8th Earl of Lanesborough, in 1950. However, the death duties entailed in the inheritance resulted in sale of majority of estate.
Career
Butler's hobby was 600-foot model railway, a replica of the Fort William-to-Carlisle line, with 300 pieces of rolling stocks which had to be dismantled with to reduce death duties. Butler eventually applied to British Rail for employment driving trains which was declined; however, he was successful with application to sell cars. After the death of his mother, Countess of Lanesborough, he sold Swithland Hall and moved to Kegworth Lodge before health reasons resulted in moving to Scotland.