View of the front of the old Haymarket Theatre, taken down in 1821, by unknown artist (1820 Etching). Image source: © The Trustees of...

How did James & Elizabeth Butler, the 12th Earl and Countess of Ormond first rise to the positions of Viceroy and Vicereine of Ireland?

What connected Ireland's great dynastic Norman family, the Butlers, with the most fashionable urban development in 17th-century London?