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The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
..., James Butler, 2nd duke of ( 1665–1745 ) . Butler , born in Dublin, was heir of the earl of Ossory. Succeeding in 1680 , he lived with his grandfather, the 1st duke, in Ireland until 1682 . He fought for James II against Monmouth ’s rising in 1685 . Succeeding his grandfather in July 1688 , he supported the petition to James for a free parliament, then accepted William of Orange , for whom he fought in Ireland and Flanders. A pillar of the Tory Party and Anglican church, he commanded unsuccessfully the 1702 expedition against Cadiz, and was...
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A Dictionary of British History (3 ed.)
..., James Butler, 2nd duke of ( 1665–1745 ). Succeeding his grandfather in July 1688 , he supported the petition to James for a free parliament, then accepted William of Orange, for whom he fought in Ireland and Flanders. A pillar of the Tory Party and Anglican church, he unsuccessfully commanded the 1702 expedition against Cadiz, and was twice a controversial lord‐lieutenant of Ireland. He replaced Marlborough in 1712 , restraining his troops in the field to facilitate Tory negotiations with France. Dismissed in 1714 , he was threatened with...
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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)
...The Butler lordship repeatedly faced extinction: the attainder of 1462 , the Boleyn challenge in the reign of Henry VIII, the Preston challenge in the reign of James I, and the Cromwellian period. The reality is that they survived because at such critical moments the interests of the family lay in the capable hands of Piers Butler ( 1515–39 ), Walter Butler ( 1614–33 ), and the great James, 1st duke of Ormond ( 1633–88 ). Ormond's grandson the 2nd duke ( 1665–1745 ) seemed initially set to follow in his grandfather's footsteps, acting as a leader of the...
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The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland (3 ed.)
...) for his courtship of, and marriage to, one of her maids of honour, Elizabeth Throckmorton , and by James I for treason ( 1603–16 ). During the latter time he wrote the History of the World ( 1614 ), a copy of which is kept in the Bloody Tower. He was released in 1616 to lead the unsuccessful expedition to Guiana in search of gold, and was executed on his return in Palace Yard, Westminster. William D'Avenant was transferred to the Tower ( 1650–2 ) from Cowes after being captured by the Parliamentarians. John Wilmot , 2nd Earl of Rochester, was...
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Literary Theory
...Grammar Book,” Diacritics 17, no. 2 (Summer 1987): 64–81; Judith Butler, “Critically Queer,” GLQ 1, no. 1 (November 1993): 17–32; and Ellen K. Feder, Family Bonds: Genealogies of Race and Gender (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007). 179. See Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Volume 1: The Will to Knowledge , trans. Robert Hurley (Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1998). 180. Michel Foucault, “Different Spaces,” trans. Robert Hurley, in Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology , ed. James D. Faubion (London: Penguin, 2000), 178....
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