Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
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The Earl of Clanricarde | |
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Mícheál de Búrca | |
| Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway | |
| In office 1712–1714 | |
| Preceded by | John Eyre |
| Succeeded by | John Ussher |
| Member of the Irish House of Lords | |
| Hereditary Peerage 1722 – 28 November 1726 | |
| Preceded by | John Burke |
| Succeeded by | John Smith de Burgh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Burke 1686 |
| Died | 1726 (aged 39–40) [1] |
| Spouse |
Anne Smith (m. 1714–1726) |
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Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire.) (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ klan-RIK-ard; 1686–28 November 1726), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/ dun-KEL-in) until 1722, was an Irish peer who was Governor of Galway (1712–14) and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland (1726).
Burke was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was summoned to the Irish House of Lords to sit, during his father's lifetime, under the subsidiary and courtesy title of Lord Dunkellin. He was appointed Governor of Galway in 1712 and invested as a Privy Counsellor in Ireland on 15 July 1726.[2] On his death, on 28 November 1726, he was buried in Christchurch, Dublin.[3]
Family
He married, on 19 September 1714, to Anne Smith (d.1743), daughter of the House of Commons Speaker John Smith and the widow of Hugh Parker of Honington, warwickshire, 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)
Honours and Arms
Honours
| Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominals |
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 United Kingdom | 1726 | Member of the Privy Council of Ireland | PC (Ire) | |
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