Ulysses Burgh (; ; 1632–1692) was an Irish

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cleric who was Dean of Emly (1685–1692) and

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(1692).

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

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, but rebuilt, and remained the family home for generations. Burgh was appointed Dean of Emly, 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 James II, he was a strong supporter of the Glorious Revolution.

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 (political faction), Tory politician. A General in the British Army, he served as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance under Robert Jenk ...

, 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 to ...

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, and one of the foremost orators of his generation.

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* * Deans of Emly Bishops of Ardagh (Church of Ireland) 1632 births 1692 deaths

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