Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes

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General Ulysses de Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes GCB (15 August 1788 - 26 July 1864), was an Irish soldier and Tory politician.

A General in the British Army, he served as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance under Lord Liverpool between 1820 and 1827.

After succeeding a cousin as second Baron Downes in 1826, he sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1833 until his death.

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.

In 1848 he assumed by Royal license the surname of de Burgh in lieu of simply Burgh.