Samuel Burton of Burton Hall was an 18th-century Irish MP and High Sheriff of Carlow. He was born the eldest son of Benjamin Burton, a wealthy

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who was Member of the

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for Dublin city and

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in 1706–7, and his wife Grace Stratford, daughter of Robert Stratford of Belan,

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. He was elected MP for Sligo Borough in 1713 and appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1724. He was again elected MP in 1727, this time for Dublin Borough He married firstly Anne, daughter of Charles Campbell of Dublin, with whom he had three sons and a daughter. Anne was killed accidentally by the collapse of a

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in 1714 at the

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of King

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. He was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, Benjamin, MP and

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. His daughter Katherine married Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville, who was tried for

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in 1742 but acquitted. They had a son John, 6th Viscount Netterville, and two daughters. Samuel married secondly Mary Hindle: they had one daughter.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Samuel Politicians from County Carlow Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1727–1760 High Sheriffs of Carlow Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies