Francis Burton (1 December 1696 – 20 March 1744),
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, Ireland, was an

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politician and landowner. He was a Member of Parliament for

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from 1721 until 1727 and sat subsequently in the

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for

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from 1727 until his death in 1744.

Background

Burton was born in Buncraggy, the son of Francis Burton (1640–1714). The senior Francis Burton in 1698 was granted some territories in Dromelihy,

(previously associated with the MacGorman family and the O'Brien

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) in the aftermath of the

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and the overthrow of James II. The Burton family were of English origin; Francis' great-grandfather Thomas Burton (born 1590) was originally from

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. He married the sister of

Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham PC (1705 – 3 April 1781) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of General Henry Conyngham of Slane Castle and his wife Mary Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, ...

.James Kelly, ‘Conyngham, William Burton (1733–1796)’,

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, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 and was the father of Francis, 2nd Baron Conyngham and

William Burton Conyngham William Burton Conyngham (1733 – 31 May 1796) was an Irish politician and improver. Life He was born William Burton, the second son of Francis Burton and Mary Conyngham, sister of Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. In 1781, his name was c ...

. The contemporary

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and

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families actually descend in the paternal line from Burton, despite using the surnames of Conyngham and Denison respectively.

References

1696 births 1744 deaths Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Londonderry constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Clare constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub