About Samuel Burton
Samuel Burton was a politician.
Samuel Burton (1687–1733) of Burton Hall was an 18th-century Irish MP and High Sheriff of Carlow.
He was born the eldest son of Benjamin Burton, a wealthy banker who was Member of the Irish House of Commons for Dublin city and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1706–7, and his wife Grace Stratford, daughter of Robert Stratford of Belan, County Kildare.
He was elected MP for Sligo in 1713 and appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1724. He was again elected MP in 1727, this time for Dublin Borough.
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