Sir Francis Nathaniel Pierpoint Burton (26 December 1766 – 27 January 1832) was a

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colonial administrator in

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and Irish politician. Burton was the younger of twin sons born to

Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham (born Francis Pierpoint Burton; 1725 – 22 May 1787) was an Irish peer and politician. Biography Burton was the eldest of two sons born to politician Francis Burton of County Clare by his wife, Mary (' ...

(born Burton), and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of

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, in London.

Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham Henry Burton Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, (26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832), known as The Lord Conyngham between 1787 and 1789, as The Viscount Conyngham between 1789 and 1797 and as The Earl Conyngham between 1797 and 1815, was an ...

, was his elder twin brother. In 1781, his father changed his surname to Conyngham upon the death of his maternal uncle, the Earl Conyngham, upon inheriting the Conyngham barony upon special remainder. Burton sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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for

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in 1790 and 1798 and

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from 1790 to the Act of Union in 1801. He sat then for

in the

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from 1801 to 1808. On 27 October 1797 he took over from his twin brother as

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of the

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. Burton was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada on 29 November 1808, but did not travel to Lower Canada until 1822, under threat of removal of his salary. During the absence of

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George Ramsay, Burton acted as administrator of Lower Canada from 7 June 1824 – September 1825. Although he left

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in October 1825 on a permanent "leave of absence", he remained the official Lieutenant Governor until his death in 1832 in Bath, England. He married the Hon. Valentina Alicia Lawless, daughter of

Nicholas Lawless, 1st Baron Cloncurry Nicolas Lawless, 1st Baron Cloncurry (30 October 1735 – 28 August 1799), known as Sir Nicholas Lawless, Bt, between 1776 and 1789, was an Irish peer, wool merchant, banker and politician. Lawless was the son of Robert Lawless and Mary Hadsor, d ...

and Margaret Browne, and had five children, including: *Henry Stuart Burton (1808–1867) *Capt. William Burton (born 1809) of the Scots Fusiliers

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from the

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* Archives of Sir Francis Nathaniel Burto
(Francis Nathaniel Burton fonds, R2523)
are held at

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Clare constituencies

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