Burton Family of Carlow
The Burton family were of English origin - Thomas was born in Shropshire, England, in 1690. His grandson, Benjamin, an
eminent banker, and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1706, who represented Dublin in Parliament from 1703 to 1723, bought the
ancestral family home, near Palatine in County Carlow in 1712 and named it Burton Hall - it was demolished in 1930. He
had married Grace Stratford in 1686 – their children included Samuel and Charles.
Charles was the High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1724 and Sheriff of Dublin from 1733 to 1734, Alderman of
Dublin in 1748 and M.P. for Dublin from 1749 to 1760. He was invested as a Knight in 1750 and Lord Mayor of
Dublin from 1752 to 1753. In 1758 he became the first Baronet of Pollerton, County Carlow, and in 1760 the
President of the Court of Conscience, Dublin. Charles had married Margaret Meredyth in 1731- their daughter,
Grace Anna, married the politician, Sir Edward Worth Newenham, in 1754. Dying in 1775, Charles gave £200 to
“Dame Grace Newenham to buy her mourning”.
Samuel who married firstly, Anne Campbell, daughter of Charles Campbell of Dublin, on 17 June 1708 was M.P. for
the Borough of Sligo in 1713. They had three sons and a daughter, Katherine, who married Nicholas, 5th Viscount
Netterville on 22 Feb 1731. Anne died in October 1714 when she fell from a scaffold near Westminster Abbey during
the coronation of King George I. Samuel was M.P. for County Dublin in 1727 - Burton Hall in Stillorgan was built for
him in 1731, presumably to enable him to be closer to Dublin.
Samuel and Anne’s eldest son, Benjamin, who had been born on 19 Jan 1709 and educated at Eton College, England was
the High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1736, M.P. for Knocktopher in 1741 and for Carlow in 1761. He was also
Commissioner of the Revenue and Privy Councillor for Ireland. In 1734 he married Lady Anne Ponsonby, the daughter of
Brabazon Ponsonby, the first Earl of Bessborough.
Their eldest son, Benjamin, who was High Sheriff for Co. Carlow in 1760, M.P. for Co. Sligo in 1757 and for Boyle in
1761, died unmarried in 1763. After his father’s death, Benjamin’s younger brother, William Henry, who had married
Mary Aston in 1765, succeeded to the estates. He in turn was succeeded in 1818 by his eldest son, Benjamin, who had
married Anne Mainwaring. Their son, William Fitzwilliam Burton who was a Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of
Carlow in 1822, married Mary Power, the daughter of Sir John Power,1st Baronet of Kilfane, County Tipperary, in 1825.
Sir Charles Burton’s great grandson, Charles Burton Newenham, and family, lived in Stillorgan from 1832 to 1837.
William’s second son, John Power Burton, married Adelaide Harriett Close the daughter of Henry Samuel Close Esq of
Newtown Park, Co. Dublin, and his wife, Jane née Waring the daughter of The Very Rev. Holt Waring of Waringstown,
Dean of Dromore, in Kingstown in1861. John and Adelaide had four sons, the eldest, John Henry, who was born in 1862
died in 1940.
Burton Hall Stillorgan (q.v.) was bought in 1863 by Henry Guinness and remained in the family until 1945.
Burke, B., 1879. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. I,
Harrison and Sons, London, 917pp. pg. 238
Collen, G.W., 1840. Debrett’s Baronetage of England. William Pickering, London 626 pp., pgs. 447, 616
©Michael Fitzgerald - Oct 2017
The Burton family were of English origin - Thomas was born in Shropshire, England, in 1690. His grandson, Benjamin, an
eminent banker, and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1706, who represented Dublin in Parliament from 1703 to 1723, bought the
ancestral family home, near Palatine in County Carlow in 1712 and named it Burton Hall - it was demolished in 1930. He
had married Grace Stratford in 1686 – their children included Samuel and Charles.
Charles was the High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1724 and Sheriff of Dublin from 1733 to 1734, Alderman of
Dublin in 1748 and M.P. for Dublin from 1749 to 1760. He was invested as a Knight in 1750 and Lord Mayor of
Dublin from 1752 to 1753. In 1758 he became the first Baronet of Pollerton, County Carlow, and in 1760 the
President of the Court of Conscience, Dublin. Charles had married Margaret Meredyth in 1731- their daughter,
Grace Anna, married the politician, Sir Edward Worth Newenham, in 1754. Dying in 1775, Charles gave £200 to
“Dame Grace Newenham to buy her mourning”.
Samuel who married firstly, Anne Campbell, daughter of Charles Campbell of Dublin, on 17 June 1708 was M.P. for
the Borough of Sligo in 1713. They had three sons and a daughter, Katherine, who married Nicholas, 5th Viscount
Netterville on 22 Feb 1731. Anne died in October 1714 when she fell from a scaffold near Westminster Abbey during
the coronation of King George I. Samuel was M.P. for County Dublin in 1727 - Burton Hall in Stillorgan was built for
him in 1731, presumably to enable him to be closer to Dublin.
Samuel and Anne’s eldest son, Benjamin, who had been born on 19 Jan 1709 and educated at Eton College, England was
the High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1736, M.P. for Knocktopher in 1741 and for Carlow in 1761. He was also
Commissioner of the Revenue and Privy Councillor for Ireland. In 1734 he married Lady Anne Ponsonby, the daughter of
Brabazon Ponsonby, the first Earl of Bessborough.
Their eldest son, Benjamin, who was High Sheriff for Co. Carlow in 1760, M.P. for Co. Sligo in 1757 and for Boyle in
1761, died unmarried in 1763. After his father’s death, Benjamin’s younger brother, William Henry, who had married
Mary Aston in 1765, succeeded to the estates. He in turn was succeeded in 1818 by his eldest son, Benjamin, who had
married Anne Mainwaring. Their son, William Fitzwilliam Burton who was a Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of
Carlow in 1822, married Mary Power, the daughter of Sir John Power,1st Baronet of Kilfane, County Tipperary, in 1825.
Sir Charles Burton’s great grandson, Charles Burton Newenham, and family, lived in Stillorgan from 1832 to 1837.
William’s second son, John Power Burton, married Adelaide Harriett Close the daughter of Henry Samuel Close Esq of
Newtown Park, Co. Dublin, and his wife, Jane née Waring the daughter of The Very Rev. Holt Waring of Waringstown,
Dean of Dromore, in Kingstown in1861. John and Adelaide had four sons, the eldest, John Henry, who was born in 1862
died in 1940.
Burton Hall Stillorgan (q.v.) was bought in 1863 by Henry Guinness and remained in the family until 1945.
Burke, B., 1879. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. I,
Harrison and Sons, London, 917pp. pg. 238
Collen, G.W., 1840. Debrett’s Baronetage of England. William Pickering, London 626 pp., pgs. 447, 616
©Michael Fitzgerald - Oct 2017
