[3] James VI of Scotland was in the north and Burgh had to wait in Edinburgh until 14 March when he saw the king and discussed the risks of a Spanish invasion.

[5] On 18 April 1597, he was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland but held the office only briefly, dying the same year.

[2] Burgh married Frances Vaughan, the only daughter of John Vaughan of Sutton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire, by Anne Pickering (daughter and heiress of Sir Christopher Pickering by his wife Jane Lewknor, and widow of Sir Francis Weston and Sir Henry Knyvett), by whom he had a son and four daughters:[6] Burgh died at Newry, County Down, Ireland, on 14 October 1597.

[2] In November 1613 his widow Frances, Lady Burgh, was given an allowance of £500 and went to join the household of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia at Heidelberg.

314 years later, on 5 May 1916, the abeyance was terminated in favour of Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Baron Burgh (1866–1926).