Burton (Clifden & Mungret)

Name	Description
Burton (Clifden & Mungret)	In 1780 Edward William Burton of Clifden was High Sheriff of county Clare and William Burton of Clifden held the same position in 1800. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Edward W. Burton held five townlands in the parishes of Killinaboy and Rath, barony of Inchiquin, county Clare and William Burton held four townlands in the parish of Killinaboy, barony of Inchiquin. In the 1870s William W. Burton of Dublin owned 2,133 acres in county Clare. The Dictionary of Irish Biography states that Sir Frederic William Burton, R.H.A., water-colour painter and Director of the National Gallery, was born at Clifden House, Corofin, Co. Clare, on 8th April, 1816 though he himself, in the 1891 UK Census stated that he was born in county Wicklow. He was the third son of Samuel Frederick Burton by his wife, Hannah Mallet, of Dublin. His family were, in any case, associated with Clifden house. Samuel Burton of Mungret, county Limerick, was a son of Edward William Burton of Clifden. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Dr Edward Burton and Major Charles Burton held a number of townlands in the parish of Mungret, barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick. In the 1870s Edward Burton of London owned 595 acres in county Limerick.