Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde explained

The Earl of Clanricarde

Honorific Suffix:

PC (Ire)

Native Name:

Ricard de Búrca

Native Name Lang:

Irish

Order:

Member of the Irish House of Lords

Term Label:

Hereditary Peerage

Term Start:

October 1687

Term End:

1709

Predecessor:

William Burke

Successor:

John Burke

Birth Date:

Richard Burke

Death Date:

1709

Nationality:

Irish

Module:

Embed:	yes
Allegiance:	United Kingdom
Serviceyears:	1689–1691
Commands:	Infantry Regiment

Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire) (; died 1709); styled Lord Dunkellin until 1687; was an Irish peer who served as Custos Rotulorum of Galway.

Career

Richard was the elder son of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and appears to have been the first of the family to conform (to the Protestant faith), as Charles II wrote to his father congratulating him on "being thoroughly instructed in the protestant religion as it stands established, having forsaken that of Rome which hath always given jealousies to the crown". He was made Baron Dunkellin in 1680.

Clanricarde was appointed Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway, and commanded a regiment of infantry during the Williamite War in Ireland. He surrendered the town of Galway in July 1690. His younger brother, Ulick, commanded a regiment of foot at the Battle of Aughrim where he was killed, aged twenty-two. Richard was outlawed on 11 May 1691. His sister Honora was married to the Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield.^[1] ^[2]

Family

Richard married three times. Firstly, he married Elizabeth Bagnall. They had a daughter:

Lady Dorothy Bourke. She was educated at Priest's School, Chelsea, where she performed in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.^[3] She married Alexander Pendarves^[4]

Secondly, he married Anne Cheke, Dowager Countess of Warwick, the daughter of Sir Thomas Cheke (d.1659), and widow of Richard Rogers and Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (1611-59).^[5] Their daughter was:

Lady Mary Bourke (d.1714)

Thirdly, he married Bridget Dillon, daughter of Henry, 8th Viscount Dillon.

Without a male heir, Richard was succeeded, as Earl, by his brother John.^[6]

Honours and Arms

Arms


Crest:	A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.
Escutcheon:	Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable.
Motto:	UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)
Supporters:	Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.^[7] ^[8]

References

Bibliography

Book: Bourke, Eamonn . Burke: People and Places . Ballinakilla Press and de Búrca Rare Books . Whitegate and Castlebar . 1995 . 0-946130-10-8 . en.
Book: Burke . John . John Burke (genealogist) . Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . 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 . 1844 . H. G. Bohn . en.
Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1884 . Harrison & Sons . London . University of California Libraries . en .
Book: Cokayne, G. E. . George Edward Cokayne . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . The Complete Peerage . . 1889 . 1st . London . en.
Web site: Croot . Patricia E C . Social history: Education, private schools Pages 190-195 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. . British History Online . 21 August 2021 . en .
- Book: Lodge, John . The Peerage of Ireland . 1 . en.
Book: MacMahon, Michael . Portumna Castle and its Lords . Shannon Books . Portumna . 1983 . 0-9538667-0-X . en.

Notes and References

Book: MacMahon, Michael . Portumna Castle and its Lords . Shannon Books . Portumna . 1983 . 0-9538667-0-X . en.
Book: Cokayne, G. E. . George Edward Cokayne . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . The Complete Peerage . . 1889 . 1st . 2 . London . 259 . en.
Web site: Croot . Patricia E C . Social history: Education, private schools Pages 190-195 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. . British History Online . 21 August 2021.
Book: Lodge, John . The Peerage of Ireland . 1 . 139 .
Web site: Anne Cheeke. The Peerage.
Book: Cokayne, G. E. . George Edward Cokayne . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . The Complete Peerage . . 1889 . 1st . 2 . London . 259 . en.
Book: Burke . John . John Burke (genealogist) . Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . 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 . 1844 . H. G. Bohn . en.
Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1884 . Harrison & Sons . London . University of California Libraries.