Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde
- Elizabeth Bagnall
- Anne Cheeke
- Bridget Dillon
- Lady Dorothy Bourke
- Lady Mary Bourke
- William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde
- Lettice Shirley
- John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (brother)
- Honora Burke (sister)
Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; died 1709); styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) 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. His brother, Ulick, commanded a regiment of foot at the Battle of Aughrim where he was killed, aged twenty-two.
Clanricarde commanded a regiment of infantry during the Williamite War in Ireland and surrendered the town of Galway in July 1690. He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of County Galway. His sister Honora was married to the Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield.
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.[1] She married Alexander Pendarves[2]
Secondly, he married Anne Cheeke, Countess Dowager of Warwick.[3] 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.
Arms
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Lodge, John. The peerage of Ireland. Vol. 1. p. 139.
- ^ "Anne Cheeke". The Peerage.
- ^ 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.
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