Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet (14 September 1668 – 14 April 1727) was an

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politician and baronet. Born at Garrahill in

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, he was the son of Thomas Burdett and his wife Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Sir Robert Kennedy, 1st Baronet. Burdett was educated at

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and

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and served as High Sheriff of Carlow in 1701. Burdett entered the

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in 1704, sitting for

to 1713. Subsequently, he was

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(MP) for the borough of

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until 1715 and then again for County Carlow until his death in 1727. On 11 July 1723, Burdett was created a baronet, of Dunmore, in the County of Carlow, with a special remainder to the heirs of his sister Anne, wife of

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, who sat also in the

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. In 1725, he was appointed Governor of County Carlow, a post he held for the next two years. He married firstly the twice-widowed Honora Boyle, daughter of Michael Boyle, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh and his second wife Mary O'Brien, in 1700. She died ten years later and Burdett remarried Martha Vigors, daughter of Bartholomew Vigors, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin and Martha Neale, in 1715. He died, aged 58 and was succeeded by his only son, William, by his second wife.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burdett, Thomas, 1st Baronet 1668 births 1727 deaths Politicians from County Carlow People educated at Kilkenny College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies High Sheriffs of Carlow