Ancestry
Warburton was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Warburton (1812-1863), a younger son of Richard Warburton, of Garryhinch, Queen's County, Ireland. The latter's father, John Warburton MP, served under General Wolfe at Quebec in 1759.
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