Sir Thomas Butler, 12th Baronet

Colonel Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 12th Baronet CVO DSO OBE JP FRGS (18 September 1910 – 9 April 1994) was an Irish soldier. He was Resident Governor of the Tower of London from 1967 to 1971.

Early life

He was born in September 1910 in Carlow, where the Butler family settled in Carlow around 1500 at one time owning over 30,000 acres of land.

He was educated at Harrow School before graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Following the death of his father in March 1955, Butler succeeded to the title 12th Baronet Butler of Cloughgrenan. The Crown Jewels and Coronation Ceremony (1989).

Personal life On 21 October 1937, Butler was married to Rosemary Liége Woodgate Davidson-Houston, daughter of Maj. James Hamilton Davidson-Houston. Their home in London was demolished during a German air raid on the city. They also maintained a home at Ballintemple. They were the parents of two daughters and a son: