About Richard Burgh
Lived 1725 – 1762 (aged 36–37). Richard Burgh was a politician.
Richard Burgh (; ; 1725 – September 1762) was an Irish barrister and politician who was MP for Naas (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. He trained in law and worked as a barrister of Drumkeen, County Limerick.
In 1759, he succeeded his older brother, Thomas, as Member of Parliament for Naas in the Irish House of Commons, sitting until 1762. He left much of his property to his sister Elizabeth's son, Walter Hussey, on condition of him adopting the additional surname of Burgh.
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Who was Richard Burgh?
Irish barrister and politician (1725–1762)
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Richard Burgh was born in 1725.
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Richard Burgh died in 1762.
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Richard Burgh was a politician.
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Richard Burgh's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Ireland.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Richard Burgh. https://biography.guide/richard-burgh/
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