Richard Burgh (; ; 1725 – September 1762) was an Irish barrister and politician who was MP for

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(1759–1762).

Biography

Burgh was the son of the military engineer and architect Colonel Thomas Burgh MP and his wife, Mary Smyth. He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. He trained in law and worked as a barrister of Drumkeen,

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. In 1759, he succeeded his older brother,

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, as

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for

in the

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, sitting until 1762.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.74 (Retrieved 22 February 2016). He left much of his property to his sister Elizabeth's son,

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, on condition of him adopting the additional surname of Burgh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgh, Richard 1725 births 1762 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 Politicians from County Kildare Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

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