WALTER HUSSEY BURGH
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The members of the Irish Parliament at that time were an almost permanent group. Their constituents, were uneducated, ignorant, and often dependent on the member and in fear of retribution if he were not elected. Like any legislative body of members or almost certain reelection, many of the members were corrupt and unaccountable.
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Walter Hussey Burgh (1742 – 1783) was an Irish statesman, barrister and judge; he sat in the Irish House of Commons, and was considered to be one of the outstanding Irish orators of his time. He served briefly as Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the last year of his life.
