Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara was born in 1794, the sixth son of Francis Macnamara, of Doolin, Co. Clare, and his wife Jane Stamer.
He married Jane Gabbett (the daughter of Daniel Gabbett) on 6 March 1832 at Cahirnorry Church. They had no issue.
Death Certificate
Burton McNamara, aged 83, a widower, an Admiral, died on 19 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin.
The cause of death was Old Age and General Debility, not certified.
His death was registered on 27 December 1876 by James Plunkett, present at death, of 112 Britain Street.
The cause of death was revised on 28 December 1876 as Brain Disease, certified.
29 March 1877.
The Will (with two Codicils) of Sir Burton Macnamara, late of Tromroe, County Clare, and 4 Gresham Terrace, Kingstown, County Dublin, Knight, who died 12 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin, was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Bredin of Castlegarde, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, John Barrymore Macnamara of Rocklodge, Liscanor, County Clare, and William Emmers of 13 Broad Street, London, Esquires, the Executors.
Effects: under £80,000.
Illustrated London News dated 23 December 1876, page 22:
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
ADMIRAL SIR BURTON MACNAMARA.
Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara, J.P., died, on the 12th inst., at his residence, 22, Merrion-square North, Dublin, in his eighty-third year. He was born in 1794, the youngest son of Francis Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, in the county of Clare, by Jane, his wife, daughter of George Stamer, Esq, of Carnelly, in the county of Clare, and was brother of Major William Nugent Macnamara, of Doolen, so long M.P. for Clare. Sir Burton entered the Royal Navy in 1808, on board the Edgar, seventy-four, and was present at the capture of Danish vessels in the harbour of Nybourg. He served on the lakes of Canada up to the end of the American War, and commanded the Chanticleer in the Grecian Archipelago. In 1825 he was appointed Inspecting Commander of Coastguards, attained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1863, and became Admiral on the Reserved List in 1867. He was knighted by the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1839. He married, in 1832, Catharine [sic], daughter of Daniel Gabbett, Esq., of Strand, in the county of Limerick.
A curious story surrounds the death of Sir Burton Macnamara. Westropp's Folklore Survey of Co. Clare contains the following:
"On the night of December 11th, 1876, a servant of the Macnamaras was going the rounds in the demesne of Ennistymon House … In the dark he heard the rumbling wheels on the back avenue, and knowing from the hour and the place that no 'earthly vehicle' could be coming, concluded that it was the 'death coach' and ran, opening the gates before it. He had just time to open the third gate and throw himself on his face beside it on the bank before he heard a coach go thundering past. It did not stop at the house but passed on and disappeared. Admiral Burton Macnamara died on the following day".
He married Jane Gabbett (the daughter of Daniel Gabbett) on 6 March 1832 at Cahirnorry Church. They had no issue.
Death Certificate
Burton McNamara, aged 83, a widower, an Admiral, died on 19 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin.
The cause of death was Old Age and General Debility, not certified.
His death was registered on 27 December 1876 by James Plunkett, present at death, of 112 Britain Street.
The cause of death was revised on 28 December 1876 as Brain Disease, certified.
29 March 1877.
The Will (with two Codicils) of Sir Burton Macnamara, late of Tromroe, County Clare, and 4 Gresham Terrace, Kingstown, County Dublin, Knight, who died 12 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin, was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Bredin of Castlegarde, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, John Barrymore Macnamara of Rocklodge, Liscanor, County Clare, and William Emmers of 13 Broad Street, London, Esquires, the Executors.
Effects: under £80,000.
Illustrated London News dated 23 December 1876, page 22:
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
ADMIRAL SIR BURTON MACNAMARA.
Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara, J.P., died, on the 12th inst., at his residence, 22, Merrion-square North, Dublin, in his eighty-third year. He was born in 1794, the youngest son of Francis Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, in the county of Clare, by Jane, his wife, daughter of George Stamer, Esq, of Carnelly, in the county of Clare, and was brother of Major William Nugent Macnamara, of Doolen, so long M.P. for Clare. Sir Burton entered the Royal Navy in 1808, on board the Edgar, seventy-four, and was present at the capture of Danish vessels in the harbour of Nybourg. He served on the lakes of Canada up to the end of the American War, and commanded the Chanticleer in the Grecian Archipelago. In 1825 he was appointed Inspecting Commander of Coastguards, attained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1863, and became Admiral on the Reserved List in 1867. He was knighted by the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1839. He married, in 1832, Catharine [sic], daughter of Daniel Gabbett, Esq., of Strand, in the county of Limerick.
A curious story surrounds the death of Sir Burton Macnamara. Westropp's Folklore Survey of Co. Clare contains the following:
"On the night of December 11th, 1876, a servant of the Macnamaras was going the rounds in the demesne of Ennistymon House … In the dark he heard the rumbling wheels on the back avenue, and knowing from the hour and the place that no 'earthly vehicle' could be coming, concluded that it was the 'death coach' and ran, opening the gates before it. He had just time to open the third gate and throw himself on his face beside it on the bank before he heard a coach go thundering past. It did not stop at the house but passed on and disappeared. Admiral Burton Macnamara died on the following day".
Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara was born in 1794, the sixth son of Francis Macnamara, of Doolin, Co. Clare, and his wife Jane Stamer.
He married Jane Gabbett (the daughter of Daniel Gabbett) on 6 March 1832 at Cahirnorry Church. They had no issue.
Death Certificate
Burton McNamara, aged 83, a widower, an Admiral, died on 19 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin.
The cause of death was Old Age and General Debility, not certified.
His death was registered on 27 December 1876 by James Plunkett, present at death, of 112 Britain Street.
The cause of death was revised on 28 December 1876 as Brain Disease, certified.
29 March 1877.
The Will (with two Codicils) of Sir Burton Macnamara, late of Tromroe, County Clare, and 4 Gresham Terrace, Kingstown, County Dublin, Knight, who died 12 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin, was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Bredin of Castlegarde, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, John Barrymore Macnamara of Rocklodge, Liscanor, County Clare, and William Emmers of 13 Broad Street, London, Esquires, the Executors.
Effects: under £80,000.
Illustrated London News dated 23 December 1876, page 22:
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
ADMIRAL SIR BURTON MACNAMARA.
Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara, J.P., died, on the 12th inst., at his residence, 22, Merrion-square North, Dublin, in his eighty-third year. He was born in 1794, the youngest son of Francis Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, in the county of Clare, by Jane, his wife, daughter of George Stamer, Esq, of Carnelly, in the county of Clare, and was brother of Major William Nugent Macnamara, of Doolen, so long M.P. for Clare. Sir Burton entered the Royal Navy in 1808, on board the Edgar, seventy-four, and was present at the capture of Danish vessels in the harbour of Nybourg. He served on the lakes of Canada up to the end of the American War, and commanded the Chanticleer in the Grecian Archipelago. In 1825 he was appointed Inspecting Commander of Coastguards, attained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1863, and became Admiral on the Reserved List in 1867. He was knighted by the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1839. He married, in 1832, Catharine [sic], daughter of Daniel Gabbett, Esq., of Strand, in the county of Limerick.
A curious story surrounds the death of Sir Burton Macnamara. Westropp's Folklore Survey of Co. Clare contains the following:
"On the night of December 11th, 1876, a servant of the Macnamaras was going the rounds in the demesne of Ennistymon House … In the dark he heard the rumbling wheels on the back avenue, and knowing from the hour and the place that no 'earthly vehicle' could be coming, concluded that it was the 'death coach' and ran, opening the gates before it. He had just time to open the third gate and throw himself on his face beside it on the bank before he heard a coach go thundering past. It did not stop at the house but passed on and disappeared. Admiral Burton Macnamara died on the following day".
He married Jane Gabbett (the daughter of Daniel Gabbett) on 6 March 1832 at Cahirnorry Church. They had no issue.
Death Certificate
Burton McNamara, aged 83, a widower, an Admiral, died on 19 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin.
The cause of death was Old Age and General Debility, not certified.
His death was registered on 27 December 1876 by James Plunkett, present at death, of 112 Britain Street.
The cause of death was revised on 28 December 1876 as Brain Disease, certified.
29 March 1877.
The Will (with two Codicils) of Sir Burton Macnamara, late of Tromroe, County Clare, and 4 Gresham Terrace, Kingstown, County Dublin, Knight, who died 12 December 1876 at 22 Merrion Square North, Dublin, was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William Bredin of Castlegarde, Pallasgreen, County Limerick, John Barrymore Macnamara of Rocklodge, Liscanor, County Clare, and William Emmers of 13 Broad Street, London, Esquires, the Executors.
Effects: under £80,000.
Illustrated London News dated 23 December 1876, page 22:
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
ADMIRAL SIR BURTON MACNAMARA.
Admiral Sir Burton Macnamara, J.P., died, on the 12th inst., at his residence, 22, Merrion-square North, Dublin, in his eighty-third year. He was born in 1794, the youngest son of Francis Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, in the county of Clare, by Jane, his wife, daughter of George Stamer, Esq, of Carnelly, in the county of Clare, and was brother of Major William Nugent Macnamara, of Doolen, so long M.P. for Clare. Sir Burton entered the Royal Navy in 1808, on board the Edgar, seventy-four, and was present at the capture of Danish vessels in the harbour of Nybourg. He served on the lakes of Canada up to the end of the American War, and commanded the Chanticleer in the Grecian Archipelago. In 1825 he was appointed Inspecting Commander of Coastguards, attained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1863, and became Admiral on the Reserved List in 1867. He was knighted by the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1839. He married, in 1832, Catharine [sic], daughter of Daniel Gabbett, Esq., of Strand, in the county of Limerick.
A curious story surrounds the death of Sir Burton Macnamara. Westropp's Folklore Survey of Co. Clare contains the following:
"On the night of December 11th, 1876, a servant of the Macnamaras was going the rounds in the demesne of Ennistymon House … In the dark he heard the rumbling wheels on the back avenue, and knowing from the hour and the place that no 'earthly vehicle' could be coming, concluded that it was the 'death coach' and ran, opening the gates before it. He had just time to open the third gate and throw himself on his face beside it on the bank before he heard a coach go thundering past. It did not stop at the house but passed on and disappeared. Admiral Burton Macnamara died on the following day".
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