George Thew Burke Explained

George Thew Burke
Birth Date:1776
Birth Place:Ballyartella, Ireland
Death Place:Bytown, Canada West
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Carleton
Term Start1:1824
Term End1:1828
Office2:Justice of the Peace for Johnstown
Term Start2:1819
Term End2:1822
Office3:Justice of the Peace for Bathurst
Term Start3:1822
Term End3:1825
Occupation:Soldier, politician, settler, merchant
Allegiance:Great Britain
Upper Canada
Serviceyears:1798 - 1830s
Unit:Ancient Irish Fencibles
100th Regiment of Foot
99th Regiment of Foot
1st Regiment of Carleton Militia
Battles:Egyptian Campaign

War of 1812

Rebellions of 1837–1838

Awards:Military General Service Medal (Egypt clasp)

George Thew Burke (1776  - February 2, 1854) was a soldier, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Ballyartella, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1776. He was a captain in the British Army serving in Canada from 1811 to 1818; he fought under Major General Isaac Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1818, he became head of the settlement at Richmond, where a number of members of the army had received free land grants, and he set up a store there. He served in the Carleton militia and was named colonel in 1822. He became a justice of the peace in the Johnstown District in 1819 and in the Bathurst District in 1822. He represented Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1824 to 1828. He died in Bytown in 1854

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