Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde

Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 1686–1726) was an Irish peer,

Christ Church, Oxford.

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Clanricarde

PC (Ire.)
Born1686
Died1726
Alma materEton College
Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse(s)Anne Smith
ChildrenJohn Smith de Burgh
Parent(s)John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde

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

Hemarried 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. He was succeeded by his surviving son John Smith de Burgh.

Arms
Coat of arms of Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
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)[1]

References
  1. 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.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  • 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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