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Rachel Butler [Lady]

Life
Author of The Prophecy (London: Bentley 1863), pp.534; story of Bulters of Kilkenny, supposedly based on MS found in Brussels in 1822 by Earl of Clancarty; deals with prophecy of Black Earl regarding loss of fortunes and restoration by Jimmy Butler of Kilcash, concerning granting of estates to Sir Richard Preston by James II, and the elopement of Lady Elizabeth Preston (all circumstances in the biography of Duke of Ormonde); mainly set in England. IF2