Background

He was born at Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland in 1810. His father was Major George Warburton, Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary for Aughrim, County Galway. His mother was Anne Maria Acton of Kilmacurragh, County Wicklow.

His brother, Major George Drought Warburton (1816–1857, named after his uncle George Drought of Glencarrig, County Wicklow), collaborated with him on Hochelaga, or England in the New World (1847), and The Conquest of Canada (1849). [3] Another brother, Thomas, studied law at Trinity College, Dublin, while a sister, Sidney, was also a writer.

Education

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

He was called to the Irish bar in 1837. He made a hit with his first book, The Crescent and the Cross. It was an account of his travels in 1843 in Turkey, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, and fairly divided public attention with Kinglake's Eolhen, which appeared in the same year, 1844.

Interest was centred in the East at the time, and Warburton had popular sympathy with him in his eloquent advocacy of the annexation of Egypt; but, apart from this consideration, the spirited narrative of his adventures and the picturesque sketches of Eastern life and character were more than sufficient to justify the success of the book. His most substantial work was a Memoir of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers (1849), enriched with original documents, and written with eloquent partiality for the subject.

This was followed in 1850 by Reginald Hastings, a novel, the scenes of which were laid in the same period of civil war, and, in 1851, by another historical novel, Darien, or The Merchant Prince.

Achievements

• He was sent by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company to explore the isthmus of Darien and to negotiate a treaty with the Indian tribes.

Works

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  • Hochelaga or England in the New World

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  • Reginald Hastings: Or, A Tale Of The Troubles In 164-, Volume 2...

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  • Hochelaga: Or, England In The New World, Volume 2...

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  • The Crescent And The Cross: Or, Romance And Realities Of Eastern Travel, Volume 1

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  • Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Volume 1...

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  • Dressmaking in Pictures (Paperfronts)

Connections

On 11 January 1848 he married Matilda Jane, second daughter of Edward Grove, of Shenstone Park, Staffordshire. They had two sons, George and Piers.

Father:

George Warburton

Inspector General

Mother:

Anne Maria Acton

Sister:

Sidney Warburton

Wife:

Matilda Jane

Son:

George Warburton

Son:

Piers Warburton

Brother:

Thomas Warburton

Brother:

George Drought Warburton

Friend:

Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton)