Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Clanricarde
PC (Ire.)
Born
Michael Burke

1686 (1686)
Died1736 (aged 49–50)[1]
NationalityIrish
Alma mater
Spouse
Anne Smith
​
(m. 1714)​
[1]
Children
Parents

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).

Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

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.

Family

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:

Arms

Coat of arms of Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
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.
Supporters
Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.[2][3]
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)

References

  1. ^ a b "A genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage and baronetage, the Privy Council, knightage and companionage". 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Clanricarde
1722–1726 		Succeeded by
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