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The House of Burgh (English: / b ɜːr /; ber; French pronunciation:) or Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and Kings of ...
Coat of arms of John Smith de Burgh, 11th 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. [9] [10] Motto UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one ...
William de Burgh (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; Latin: de Burgo; c. 1160 –winter 1205/06) [1] was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland [2] and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely.
General John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde, PC (Ire) (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr ... k l æ n ˈ r ɪ k ɑːr d / də-BUR... klan-RIK-ard; 22 September 1744 – 27 July 1808), styled The Honourable John Thomas de Burgh until 1797, was a British Army officer and politician who served as the governor of Kingston-upon-Hull from 1801 to 1808.
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".
de Búrca (English: de Burgh; Latin: de Burgo}; also Búrc, Bourke and Burke) is an Irish Anglo-Norman surname deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh.
de Burgh (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; Irish: de Búrca; [Burgo] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration of latn script ) is an Anglo-Norman surname deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh.
The Earls of Clanricarde (Mac William Uachtar/Upper Mac William) were members of another branch of the de Burgh dynasty. [3] Lord Mayo was succeeded by his eldest son John, 2nd Earl, who was a member of the Irish House of Commons. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Earl.