NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Burgh Ulysses Bagenal (1788-1863) 2nd Baron Downes General DNB: Burgh, Ulysses Bagenal de, second Baron Downes (1788–1863), army officer LBT ID: LdDowne2 | B/BAP: 1788-08-15 DIED: 1863-07-26 |
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
Irish military officer, the son of Thomas Burgh; he was aide-de-camp to Wellington in the
Peninsular War and was a Tory MP for Carlow County (1818–26) and for Queenborough
(1826–30). He succeeded his cousin in the Irish peerage in 1826. | |