• Ulysses Burgh (English: /ˈbɜːr/; BER; 1632–1692) was an Irish Anglican cleric who was Dean of Emly (1685–1692) and Bishop of Ardagh (1692). Burgh was...
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    Ulysses (/juːˈlɪsiːz/ yoo-LISS-eez, UK also /ˈjuːlɪsiːz/ YOO-liss-eez; Latin: Ulyssēs, Ulixēs) is one Latinized version of Odysseus. The name was made...
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    (1833–64). Born Ulysses Burgh, he was the son of Thomas Burgh and Anne, daughter of David Aigion. His great-grandfather was Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh...
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    (1722), and the Royal Barracks (1701 onwards). Thomas Burgh was the son of Rt Rev Ulysses Burgh (d. 1692) of Drumkeen, County Limerick, who was Dean of...
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    Fore Thomas Burgh (priest) (1786–1845), Dean of Cloyne Ulysses Burgh (1632–1692), Irish Anglican cleric and Bishop of Ardagh Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes...
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    the Burke Baronets Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes or Ulysses de Burgh (1788–1864), Irish soldier and politician Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster...
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    notorious for his dislike of the opposite sex) to his second cousin Ulysses Burgh. Lord Downes died childless and was succeeded according to the special...
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  • grandparents were Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh), and his paternal uncles included the lawyer George Smyth...
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  • grandparents were Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh), and his paternal uncles included the lawyer George Smyth...
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  • the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Dean of Emly and later Bishop of Ardagh, and Mary Kingsmill)...
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  • surviving issue. One of their sons, also called Thomas, was the father of Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes, who inherited the title by special remainder from...
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    Westmeath 26 February 1831 Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon 5 May 1871 Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes 30 March 1833 Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham...
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  • December 1695. He died on 4 May 1725. Smyth married Dorothea, daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh and Mary Kingsmill, and had 10 sons and 3 daughters...
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    remainder to his cousin Ulysses Burgh. Ulysses was the grandson of William's aunt Anne Downes, who had married Thomas Burgh. He succeeded William as...
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  • Ireland. Anne married Thomas Burgh and was the mother of Margaretta Foster, 1st Viscountess Ferrard, and grandmother of Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes. He was...
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    South-West District 1852–1855 Succeeded by Henry Breton Preceded by Sir Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes Colonel of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot...
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    1815 Lieutenant-Colonel William Gomm 2 January 1815 Lieutenant-Colonel Ulysses Burgh 2 January 1815 Lieutenant-Colonel Francis D'Oyly 2 January 1815 Lieutenant-Colonel...
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    Sir Ernest Down Major-General Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe General Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes Major-General Sir Peter Downward General Sir Charles...
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  • the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh). His brothers included the lawyer and judge George Smyth and...
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  • Napier 1784 1855 20 June 1854 Sir George Scovell 1774 1861 20 June 1854 Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes 1788 1864 20 June 1854 George Hay, 8th Marquess of...
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  • the son of Thomas Smyth, Bishop of Limerick, and Dorothea Burgh (daughter of Ulysses Burgh, Bishop of Ardagh). His brothers included Charles Smyth, MP...
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    Surveyor-General of the Ordnance Robert Moorsom Continued in office Sir Ulysses Burgh 16 March 1820 Clerk of the Ordnance Robert Plumer Ward Continued in...
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  • de Burgh (1741–1810) was also a Member of Parliament and went on to become Accountant-General for Ireland. Thomas' son was General Ulysses de Burgh, 2nd...
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    Sir John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH 1850–1863: Gen. Sir Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes, GCB 1863–1868: Gen. Sir James Simpson, GCB 1868–1881:...
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  • Margaretta Amelia Foster, 1st Viscountess Ferrard (née Burgh; c. 1737 – 20 January 1824), was an Anglo-Irish peeress and wife of John Foster, 1st Baron...
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  • With: David Latouche to 1816 Robert Anthony Latouche 1816–1818 Sir Ulysses Burgh 1818–1826 Thomas Kavanagh 1826–1831 Succeeded by Walter Blackney Sir...
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  • Tempest Illingworth 1669 George Mundy 1675–1685 Robert Ewing 1685–1692 Ulysses Burgh (afterwards Bishop of Ardagh, 1692) 1693–1695 Thomas Smyth (afterwards...
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    1661 1692 See part of the united bishopric of Kilmore and Ardagh 1692 Ulysses Burgh, D.D. Previously Dean of Emly Cathedral; nominated bishop of Ardagh...
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  • Hadden Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1810–1815 Succeeded by Sir Ulysses Burgh Preceded by Sir Benjamin Hallowell Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1824...
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    Henry Bruen Tory 18 Apr 1816 Robert Anthony Latouche Whig Jun 1818 Sir Ulysses Burgh Tory Jun 1826 Thomas Kavanagh Tory May 1831 Walter Blackney Whig Sir...
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