Sir James Ormond (c. 1418 – 1497) was the illegitimate son of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond, and Princess Margret of Thomond. His brothers were John Ormond, esq., Sir William Butler of Gloucestershire, England and Edward Ormond. James and his brother John were born in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. They were the grandsons of the Irish King Turlogh The Brown O'Brien, King of Thomond (d. 1460). He was raised in England, but fought for what he regarded as Irish rights. He was knighted in 1493 by King Henry VII of England, for services in battle for the Tudor cause. He held lands in Wiltshire, England. The year before his murder, he was made an Irish Lord by King Henry VII of England.
James was made Lord Treasurer of Ireland in 1492 by Henry VII; he served until 1494. James was hailed as Earl of Ormond by the Irish, but never attained that title as he was murdered in 1497 by his cousin, Piers Butler.
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