Ulysses Burgh (; ; 1632–1692) was an

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cleric who was

Dean of Emly The Dean of Emly was based at The Cathedral Church of St Alibeus, Emly in the former Diocese of Emly within the Church of Ireland. St Alibeus' cathedral was demolished in 1877. List of deans of Emly *1245–1251 Gilbert O'Doherty (Gilbertus)(aft ...

(1685–1692) and

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(1692).“A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976

Life

Burgh was born at the family estate, Drumkeen,

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, son of the

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Richard Burgh or Bourke. Drumkeen was burnt by Jacobite forces during the Glorious Revolution, but rebuilt, and remained the family home for generations."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860 Burgh was appointed

, in 1685. He was nominated as

on 7 April 1692, appointed by letters patent on 8 September 1692 and was consecrated at

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on 11 September 1692. He died later in the same year. Although he owed his earlier advancement to King

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, he was a strong supporter of the

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Family

Burgh married Mary, daughter of Colonel William Kingsmill of Ballinbeg Abbey,

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, and had at least eight children. Many of his descendants were people of distinction. His son Thomas Burgh was one of the foremost Irish architects of the eighteenth century: he designed

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and

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among many notable other buildings. Two of Ulysses' other sons, Richard and William, sat in the

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. His daughter Dorothea married Thomas Smyth,

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and had a numerous family. His great-grandson

Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes General Ulysses de Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes (15 August 1788 – 26 July 1864), was an Irish soldier and Tory politician. A General in the British Army, he served as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance under Lord Liverpool (1820–27) and, afte ...

was

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under

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between 1820 and 1827. Another great-grandson was

Walter Hussey Burgh Walter Hussey Burgh SL (; ; 1742 – 1783) was an Irish statesman, barrister and judge who sat in the Irish House of Commons, served as Prime Serjeant (1777–79, 1782) and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer (1782–83). He was considered t ...

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, and one of the foremost orators of his generation.

References

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