Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes

The Right Honourable
The Lord Downes
GCB
The Right Honourable The Lord Downes GCB
	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
Preceded by
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	15 August 1788
Died	26 July 1864 (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
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 (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).