James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, (October 19, 1610–July 21 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier. He is best known for his involvement in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s, when he commanded the English Royalist forces in Ireland.

References

• Thomas Carte, Life of the Duke of Ormonde (3 vols., 1735-1736; new ed., in 6 vols., Oxford, 1851)
• Thomas Carte, Collection of Original Letters, found among the Duke of Ormonde's Papers (1739)
• Carte Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford
• Sir Robert Southwell, "Life of Ormonde", printed in the History of the Irish Parliament, by Lord Mountmorres (i 792), vol. 1.
• Correspondence between Archbishop Williams and the Marquess of Ormonde, edited by B. H. Beckham (reprinted from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1869)
• John Milton, Observations on the Articles of Peace between James, Earl of Ormonde, and the Irish-Rebels
• Hist. MSS. Comm. Reps. ii.-iv. and vi.-x., esp. Rep. viii., appendix, p. 499, and Rep. xiv. App.: pt. vii.
• Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, together with new series; Notes and Queries, vi. ser. v., Pp. 343~ ~al1
• Gardiner's History of the Civil War
• Calendar of Slate Papers (Domestic) and Irish,1633 – 1662, with introductions
• Biographia Britannica (Kippis)
• Scottish Hist. Soc. Publications: Letters and Papers of 1650, edited by S. R. Gardiner, vol. xvii. (1894).