John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde
John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard); 1642–1722) was an Irish soldier and peer who was a Colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland.
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| Born | John Burke 1642 |
| Died | 1722 |
| Nationality | Irish |
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Mary Talbot (died) |
| Children | Several, including: Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde |
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Career
Burke was a younger son of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and succeeded his brother Richard. He was created Baron Bophin (over the isle of Inishbofin where Burke is still a common surname amongst the islanders)[1] in 1689 and commanded a foot regiment as its colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691 and outlawed. His younger brother Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway was killed in the same battle. In 1703 he obtained a reversal in return for a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds and the commitment that his two eldest sons would be raised as Protestants, after a private act of the English Parliament.
While the elder sons conformed (to the Protestant faith), the younger Burkes remained Catholic and fought with the Wild Geese. Colonel Ulick Burke served the King of France, living as late as 1757. Lt. General Eamonn Burke was a member of the Irish regiment in Spain, and died at Bologna in 1744. William was killed at Fontenoy in 1745.
His sister Honora Burke was married to Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan.[2]
Family
John married Mary Talbot (d.1711), the daughter of James Talbot (d.1691). Their children were:
- Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (1686–1726)
- Lady Bridget Bourke (died 1779) who married Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688-1737)
- Lady Lætitia Bourke (died 1740) who married Sir Festus Burke, 5th Baronet
- Hon. Ulick de Burgh (d.1762)
- Lady Honora Bourke who married John Kelly
- Lady Mary Bourke (died 1735) who married Garret Moore
- Hon. James Bourke (died 1718)
- Hon. Richard Bourke
- Lady Margaret Bourke
- Hon. William Bourke (died 1703)
- Hon. Thomas de Burgh (died 1763)
- Hon. Edward Bourke (died 1743)
- Hon. William Bourke (died 1745)
- Hon. John Bourke (died 1718)
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References
- Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
- Burke, John (1832). A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. 1. H. Colburn and R. Bentley.
- Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
- Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.
Further reading
- Portumna Castle and its Lords, Michael Mac Mahon, 1983
- Burke:People and Places, Eamon Bourke, Dublin, 1995
- From Warlords to Landlords:Political and Social Change in Galway 1540-1640, Bernadette Cunningham, in "Galway:History and Society", 1996
- Illustrated guide to the northern, wester, and southern islands, and coast of Ireland, Hodges, Figgis, in "Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland", 1905
