, 1714 Coronation of George I (1714-27) (of Hanover) in London has tragic consequences for Anne, wife of Samuel Burton, MP for Sligo (1713) & Dublin (1727) and builder of Burton Hall in Carlow, when she was caught under a falling scaffold that had been erected to facilitate the seating of guests and killed (20th Oct). 1730 Completion of Burton Hall in County Carlow by Samuel Burton, MP for Sligo and Dublin City.