John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde
John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (1642–1722) was an Irish peer.
Burke was a younger son of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and succeeded his brother Richard. He was created Baron Bophin (over the isle of Inishbofin where Burke is still a common surname amongst the islanders[1]) in 1689 and commanded a foot regiment as its colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691 and outlawed. His younger brother Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway was killed in the same battle. In 1703 he obtained a reversal in return for a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds and the commitment that his two eldest sons would be raised as Protestants, after a private act of the English Parliament.
While the elder sons conformed (to the Protestant faith), the younger Burkes remained Catholic and fought with the Wild Geese. Colonel Ulick Burke served the King of France, living as late as 1757. Lt. General Eamonn Burke was a member of the Irish regiment in Spain, and died at Bologna in 1744. William was killed at Fontenoy in 1745.
His sister Honora Burke was married to Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan.[2]
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde |
Earl of Clanricarde 1708–1722 |
Succeeded by Michael Burke |
References
- ↑ Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
- ↑ Burke, John (1832). A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. 1. H. Colburn and R. Bentley.
- 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
- Illustrated guide to the northern, wester, and southern islands, and coast of Ireland, Hodges, Figgis, in "Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland", 1905