[1] He was born the eldest son of Benjamin Burton, a wealthy banker who was Member of the Irish House of Commons for Dublin city and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1706–7, and his wife Grace Stratford, daughter of Robert Stratford of Belan, County Kildare.
[2] He was elected MP for Sligo Borough in 1713 and appointed High Sheriff of Carlow for 1724.
Anne was killed accidentally by the collapse of a scaffold in 1714 at the coronation of King George I.
He was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, Benjamin, MP and Privy Councillor.
[1] He was a brother of Sir Charles Burton, 1st Baronet.