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John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde

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The Earl of Clanricarde
Seaán de Búrca
Member of the Irish House of Lords
Hereditary Peerage
28 November 1726 – 21 April 1782
Preceded byMichael Burke
Succeeded byHenry de Burgh
Personal details
Born
John Smith Burke

(1720-11-11)11 November 1720
Galway
Died21 April 1782(1782-04-21) (aged 61)
Portumna Castle, Galway
Resting placeAthenry, Galway
NationalityIrish
Spouse
Hester Amelia Vincent
(m. 1740⁠–⁠1782)
Children
Parents
Alma materWinchester College

John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde FRS FSA (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; né Burke, 11 November 1720 – 21 April 1782), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1726, was an Irish peer.

Background

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Portumna Castle.

The Honourable John Smith Burke was born to Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde and his wife Anne Smith in 1720. He was the couple's fourth and last child, and the heir to the earldom, having two older sisters. An older brother had died in infancy. He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1726, at the age of six.[1]

Career

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Lord Clanricarde was educated at Winchester College. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1753. He was a Privy Counsellor of Ireland for eight days in 1761, being struck off the list of the Council on 16 July.[2] He died on 21 April 1782 at Portumna Castle, County Galway and was buried in the Dominican friary, Athenry.[3][4]

Marriage and issue

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In 1740, he married Hester Amelia Vincent (d.1804), daughter of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet of Stoke d'Abernon. By Royal Licence on 13 May 1752, he and his uncles assumed the surname de Burgh which had been the family's surname in previous centuries: de Burgh was gaelicised in Irish as de Búrca which over the centuries became Búrc then Burke.[4][5][6]

The couple had four children:

Honours and arms

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Honours

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Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominals
 United Kingdom 1753 Fellow of the Royal Society FRS
 United Kingdom 1753 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries FSA
 United Kingdom 1761 Member of the Privy Council of Ireland PC (Ire)

Arms

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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 faith, one law)

Ancestry

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ MacMahon, Michael (1983). Portumna Castle and its Lords. Portumna: Shannon Books. ISBN 0-9538667-0-X.
  2. ^ "No. 10124". The London Gazette. 21–25 July 1761. p. 2.
  3. ^ MacMahon, Michael (1983). Portumna Castle and its Lords. Portumna: Shannon Books. ISBN 0-9538667-0-X.
  4. ^ a b Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 260.
  5. ^ Cokayne, George Edward; Gibbs, Vicary (1910). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. p. 235.
  6. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.
  7. ^ Cary's Itinerary, Hampshire 1815, pp.85-6[1]
  8. ^ See image [File:Gifts for sale within Our Lady, Warnford - geograph.org.uk - 1582284.jpg]
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

Bibliography

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Clanricarde
1726–1782
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