Benjamin Burton (1736–1763) was an Irish politician."A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland" Bernard, B; Fox-Davies, A.C p90: London; Harrison & Sons; 1912 He was the eldest son of Benjamin Burton (1709–67).
Burton was born in Dublin and educated at Eton and Trinity College Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 118: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
He represented County Sligo from 1757 until 1761, and Boyle from 1761 until his death, in 1763.
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