Sir Frederic William Burton was an Irish painter who was born in Co. Wicklow on 8 April 1816 and was taken by his parents to live in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland at the age of six. He was the third son of Samuel Frederick Burton and his wife Hanna Mallett. The old Burton seat was Clifden House, Corofin, Co.Clare, which was built around...
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