Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet, of Dunmore

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Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Baronet (14 September 1668 – 14 April 1727)[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

Born at in County Carlow, he was the son of Thomas Burdett and his wife Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Sir Robert Kennedy, 1st Baronet.[2] Burdett was educated at Kilkenny College and Trinity College, Dublin and served as High Sheriff of Carlow in 1701.[2]

Burdett entered the Irish House of Commons in 1704, sitting for Carlow County to 1713.[3] Subsequently he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlow Borough until 1715 and then again for Carlow County until his death in 1727.[3] On 11 July 1723, Burdett was created a baronet, of Dunmore, in the County of Carlow, with a special remainder to the heirs of his sister Anne, wife of , who sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.[4] In 1725, he was appointed Governor of County Carlow, a post he held for the next two years.[2]

He married firstly the twice-widowed Honora Boyle, daughter of Michael Boyle, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh and his second wife Mary O'Brien, in 1700.[2] She died ten years later and Burdett remarried Martha Vigors, daughter of Bartholomew Vigors, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin and Martha Neale, in 1715.[2] He died, aged 58 and was succeeded by his only son, William, by his second wife.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "ThePeerage - Captain Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Bt". Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 74. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
  4. ^ Beatson, Robert (1806). A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. vol. III. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. p. 283. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 179. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1704–1713
With: Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Bt 		Succeeded by
Preceded by

 Member of Parliament for Carlow Borough
1713–1715
With: 		Succeeded by

Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carlow County
1715–1727
With: 1715–1725
1725–1727 		Succeeded by

Baronetage of Ireland
New creation Baronet
(of Dunmore)
1723–1727 		Succeeded by
William Vigors Burdett
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