Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes

The Right Honourable The Lord Downes GCB KTS
Downes in 1850
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
In office 16 March 1820 – 18 May 1827
Monarch	George IV
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	Sir Robert Moorsom
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Owen
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Representative Peer for Ireland 30 March 1833 – 26 July 1863 Preceded by The Marquess Conyngham Succeeded by The Lord Inchiquin Member of Parliament for Queenborough In office 1826–1830 Serving with John Capel Preceded by George Peter Holford Lord Frederick Bentinck Succeeded by William Holmes Sir Philip Durham Member of Parliament for County Carlow In office 1818–1826 Serving with Henry Bruen Preceded by Henry Bruen Robert Anthony Latouche Succeeded by Henry Bruen Thomas Kavanagh
Personal details
Born	(1788-08-15)15 August 1788
Died	26 July 1864(1864-07-26) (aged 75)
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouses	Maria Bagenal ​ ​ (m. 1815; died 1842)​ Christopheria Buchanan ​ ​ (m. 1846; died 1860)​
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1804–1863
Rank	General
Unit	54th Regiment of Foot 92nd Regiment of Foot 1st Foot Guards
Commands	54th Regiment of Foot Grenadier guards 29th Regiment of Foot
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Talavera (WIA) Battle of Busaco Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro Battle of El Bodón Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of Badajoz Battle of Salamanca Battle of Majadahonda Siege of Burgos Battle of Vitoria Battle of the Pyrenees Battle of the Bidassoa Battle of Nivelle Battle of the Nive Battle of Toulouse (WIA)
Awards	Army Gold Cross Military General Service Medal Order of Saint Anna (Russia)

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 (1820–27) and, after succeeding a cousin as second Baron Downes (1826), he was an Irish representative peer in the House of Lords (1833–64).