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Died October 20, 1890, Trieste, Italy Spouse Isabel Burton (m. 1861–1890) Parents Joseph Netterville Burton, Martha Baker Books The Kasidah, The Book of the Sword: A, The Kasidah Of Haji Abdu, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrim, The City of the Saints Similar People John Hanning Speke, Isabel Burton, Henry Morton Stanley, Ilija Trojanow, Verney Lovett Cameron | ||
Sir richard francis burton
Francis Burton (1 December 1696 – 20 March 1744), from Buncraggy, County Clare, was an Irish politician.
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He was a Member of Parliament for Coleraine from 1721 until 1727 and sat subsequently in the Irish House of Commons for Clare from 1727 until his death in 1744.
#136: Richard Francis Burton—The Man Who Knew the Most Languages in History
Family
He married the sister of Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. and was the father of Francis, 2nd Baron Conyngham and William Burton Conyngham.
Quotes
Do what thy manhood bids thee do - from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws
Conquer thyself - till thou has done this - thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own
Support a compatriot against a native - however the former may blunder or plunder