Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC( Ire)( 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin from birth to 1782, was an Irish peer and politician.
He was the son of John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde and from 1753 to 1758 was educated at Eton College.
In 1768 he was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons representing Galway County.
He succeeded his father as Earl of Clanricarde( among other titles) on 21 April 1782, became a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 5 February 1783 and on 6 March of the same year was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
On 17 March 1785, he married Lady Urania Anne Paulet, daughter of George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, but they had no children.
He was made Marquess of Clanricarde in 1785, and from 1792 until his death on 8 December 1797 he was Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.
Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde
Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, Irish peer, died 1601.
He was the son of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde and Margaret O'Brien.
He married Honora Burke, daughter of John Burke, on 25 November 1564 at Athenry, County Galway, Ireland.
He had long been a rebel against the English Crown, and since the 1560s had instigated the" Mac an Iarla" wars in Connaught and Thomond, devastating much of the area, against his father, who was a staunch supporter of Elizabeth I.
On his father's death in 1582 it was uncertain who would inherit the title, Ulick or his brother, John.
Ulick gained the succession by murdering John and acknowledging the supremacy of the Crown.
He remained a loyal subject till his death.
Children of Ulick Burke and Honora Burke: Child of Ulick Burke and Martha Frannas:
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury( later styled Aylesbury) and 3rd Earl of Elgin( 1656 – 16 December 1741) was an English politician and memoirist.
He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady Diana Grey.
His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter.
His" Memoirs", which were not published until long after his death, are a valuable source for English history in the last quarter of the seventeenth century.
Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde
Ulick na gCeann Burke (died 1544), 12th Clanricarde and 1st Earl of Clanricarde (styled MacWilliam, and na-gCeann, meaning "of the Heads,having made a mount of the heads of men slain in battle which he covered up with earth"), was the son of Richard Mór Burke the 9th Clanricarde by a daughter of Madden of Portumna
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland( c. 1456 – 6 February 1499) was an English peer.
He was the grandfather of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.
Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde
Richard Sassanach Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde, died 1582.
He was the son of Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde and Grace O'Carroll.
He married:
1) Margaret O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond and Eleanor FitzGerald, before 6 October 1548; 2)
Margaret O'Brien, daughter of Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond and Helen Butler, on 24 November 1553; and 3)
Julia MacCarthy, daughter of
Cormac 'Oge' MacCarthy, in 1568.
He and his first wife, Margaret O'Brien (daughter of Murrough) were divorced after he claimed that she worked witchcraft against him.
As a result of his father's multiple marriages and relationships there were a number of candidates contending for title Earl of Clanricarde.
Richard, the oldest legitimate son, was the eventual successor.
He was sporadically opposed by his brothers and half-brothers, including John, who claimed the title in 1568.
Richard extended his influence at the expense of the O'Kelly's and the O'Madden's in the east of County Galway, overlordship over the O'Shaughnessey in the south, while allying himself with the O'Conor Don and the O'Brien of Thomond.
Other minor allies included the MacCostelloe and MacMorris, who acknowledged him to avoid encroachment from the Bourkes of Mayo.
In 1559 Clanricarde fought on the losing side at the Battle of Spancel Hill in County Clare as part of the Gaelic O'Brien succession dispute.
From around 1570 his sons rebelled against him and the Anglo-Irish government.
That decade witnessed regular warfare across the county which devastated towns such as Galway, Athenry and Loughrea.
At the time of his death Burke had endured imprisonment in Dublin, and repeated treachery by his sons.
After his death, further warfare was avoided when Ulick Burke killed his brother, John of the Shamrocks, and was acknowledged as the 3rd Earl of Clanricarde.
He was called "Sassanach" (Saxon, or Englishman), because of his association with the Anglo-Irish.
He died on 24 July 1582.
Frances Walsingham, Countess of Essex
Frances Walsingham, Dowager Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde( 1567 – 17 February 1633) was an English noblewoman.
The daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 16.
Her second husband was Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereaux Earl of Essex, with whom she had five children.
Two years after his execution in 1601, she married Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, and went to live with him in Ireland.
Edward Bermingham, 13th Baron Athenry
Edward de Bermingham, Anglo- Irish lord of Athenry and Dunmore, County Galway, died 1709, was the son of Francis de Bermingham, 12th Baron Athenry and Bridget, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon.
He succeeded as 13th Baron Athenry in 1677.
During the Williamite War in Ireland he was a supporter of James II of England.
He served under Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde as an infantry captain.
After the failure of James' cause he was outlawed and attainted, but the attainder was reversed in 1698.
In later years he conformed to the Church of Ireland.
He married firstly Lady Mary Bourke, daughter of Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde and secondly Bridget, daughter of Colonel John Browne and Maud Bourke.
He had three daughters and one son, Francis, who succeeded as 14th Baron Athenry.
Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
Ulick MacRichard Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, 2nd Earl of St Albans( 1604, London – July 1657, Kent), was an Irish nobleman who was involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Lord Clanricarde was a Catholic Royalist, who had overall command of the Irish forces during the later stages of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
He was created Marquess of Clanricarde in 1646.
William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde
William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde( died 1687), Irish peer, was the son of Sir William Burke, younger son of Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, and Joan O'Shaughnessy.
Burke had served with his brother Richard, the 6th Earl under their cousin, Ulick Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, during the Irish Confederate Wars and they each succeeded to his title.
He became Lord Lieutenant of County Galway in 1680 and its Chief Governor in 1687.
His first wife was Lettice Shirley, daughter of Sir Henry Shirley and Lady Dorothy Devereux and granddaughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
By her he had three sons including his heir, Richard.
His second wife was Helen, daughter of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

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