Admiral James Ryder Burton,
KH (1795 -– 2 August 1876) was a British
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
officer.
He was the son of Edmund Burton, the
Dean of Killala.
He progressed on the Reserved List to the rank of Admiral on 14 November 1863.
In 1823, he married Anne Maria Plunkett, the widow of Philip Roche of Dublin, who was the youngest daughter of
Randal Plunkett, 13th Baron of Dunsany (1739–1821).
He was believed by some to be an heir to an
old baronetcy in the
Baronetage of England that was possibly dormant, but he did not pursue inheriting it.
References
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1795 births
1876 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery