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Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
Irish noble (1686–1736)
Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 1686–1736), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1722, was an Irish peer who was Governor of Galway (1712) and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland (1726).
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Born | Michael Burke 1686 (1686) |
Died | 1736 (aged 49–50)[1] |
Nationality | Irish |
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He was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed Governor of Galway in 1712 and invested as a Privy Counsellor in Ireland on 15 July 1726.
On his death he was buried in Christchurch, Dublin.
He married Anne, the daughter of Speaker John Smith and the widow of Hugh Parker, who after her death in 1732 was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters:
- John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde
- Lady Anne de Burgh (died 1794) who married Denis Daly
- Lady Mary Bourke who married George Jennings
- Hon. John Bourke (died 1719)
- 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.
- 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.
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Preceded by | Earl of Clanricarde 1722–1726 |
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