Burton family of Newtown Park House
John Power Burton 3rd son of William F Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow was with the
62nd Bengal Infantry. He married Adelaide Harriet Close on 31.12.1861 at Kingstown.
Adelaide was the daughter of Henry Samuel Close of Newtown Park House. The lived
at Sloperton Lodge and John was a land agent. John died 10 Apr 1869 aged 35 years
and Adelaide moved back to Newtown Park House. She was still driving at age 104 and
celebrated her 105th birthday at Newtown Park House. She died at the age of 105 at
Altidore, Co Wicklow, the residence of her son Arthur on 02.06.1937.
1 John Henry Burton born October 1862 in Co Carlow. He attended Edinburgh
University and took a degree at Coopers Hill Engineering College. He also qualified
as a barrister but never practiced. He was a member of The Kildare Street Club
and the RDS. He died at a bachelor at Newtown Park House on 17 Aug 1940.
2 Arthur Power Burton born 15.03.1865 at Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown. Arthur was
an unmarried painter living with his mother at Newtown Park House in 1911. He
died a bachelor at Altidore Castle in 1941.
3 Algernon Burton was born on 25.11.1866 at Eaton Place, Monkstown was an
electrical engineer living in Chester in 1901.
4 Percy Charles Burton born 19.05.1868 at Eaton Place, Monkstown. Percy was an
unmarried land agent living at Newtown Park House with his mother in 1911. He
died a bachelor at Bray in 1947 late of Westgate, Delgany.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2017
John Power Burton 3rd son of William F Burton of Burton Hall, Carlow was with the
62nd Bengal Infantry. He married Adelaide Harriet Close on 31.12.1861 at Kingstown.
Adelaide was the daughter of Henry Samuel Close of Newtown Park House. The lived
at Sloperton Lodge and John was a land agent. John died 10 Apr 1869 aged 35 years
and Adelaide moved back to Newtown Park House. She was still driving at age 104 and
celebrated her 105th birthday at Newtown Park House. She died at the age of 105 at
Altidore, Co Wicklow, the residence of her son Arthur on 02.06.1937.
1 John Henry Burton born October 1862 in Co Carlow. He attended Edinburgh
University and took a degree at Coopers Hill Engineering College. He also qualified
as a barrister but never practiced. He was a member of The Kildare Street Club
and the RDS. He died at a bachelor at Newtown Park House on 17 Aug 1940.
2 Arthur Power Burton born 15.03.1865 at Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown. Arthur was
an unmarried painter living with his mother at Newtown Park House in 1911. He
died a bachelor at Altidore Castle in 1941.
3 Algernon Burton was born on 25.11.1866 at Eaton Place, Monkstown was an
electrical engineer living in Chester in 1901.
4 Percy Charles Burton born 19.05.1868 at Eaton Place, Monkstown. Percy was an
unmarried land agent living at Newtown Park House with his mother in 1911. He
died a bachelor at Bray in 1947 late of Westgate, Delgany.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2017