James Butler
- Born: 1359, Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
- Marriage: Anne de Welles in June 1386 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
- Died: 7 September 1405, Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland aged 46
 General Notes:
James Butler was known as the "3rd Earl of Osmande". He built Gowran Castle in 1385, and he also built the castle of Dunfert (also called Danefort) and in 1386 founded a Friary of minorities at Ailesbury in Buckinghamshire. In 25 July 1392, he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland as he was again in 1401. On the departure of Sir Stephen Scrope to England on 26 October 1404, by commission, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appointed keeper of the peace and governor of counties Kilkenny and Tipperary.
Noted events in his life were:
• Marriage: to Anne de Welles, June 1386, Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.
• Marriage: to Katherine Fitz Gerald.
James married Anne de Welles in June 1386 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland. (Anne de Welles was born in 1361 in Welles, Lincolnshire and died on 13 November 1399 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.)
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