Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde explained

The Earl of Clanricarde
Native Name:	Ricard de Búrca
Native Name Lang:	Irish
Order:	Member of the Irish House of Lords
Term Label:	Hereditary Peerage
Term Start:	July 1657
Term End:	August 1666
Predecessor:	Ulick Burke
Successor:	William Burke
Birth Name:	Richard Burke
Death Date:	1666
Nationality:	Irish
Spouse:	Elizabeth Butler
Relatives:	William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde (brother)

Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde (; ; died August 1666) was an Irish peer.

Career

Richard was the eldest son of Sir William Burke and Joan O'Shaughnessy. He was a first cousin to the previous Earl and had served under him in the royalist forces during the Irish Confederate Wars. When restored, the Clanricarde estates were heavily in debt and a great deal of litigation was ongoing between the interested parties.^[1]

Family

Richard married Elizabeth Butler, one of the many daughters of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond. It was the second marriage for Elizabeth, who was the widow of Sir Edmond Blanchville of County Kilkenny. They had two daughters:

• Lady Margaret Bourke, who married Col. Garret Moore (d.1706)
• Lady Mary Bourke (d.1685), who married (1) Sir John Burke; and (2) Edward de Bermingham (d.1709).

Richard was succeeded, as Earl, by his brother, William.

Arms

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.
Motto:	UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)
Supporters:	Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.^[2] ^[3]

See also

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Bibliography

• Book: Bourke, Eamonn . Burke: People and Places . Ballinakilla Press and de Búrca Rare Books . Whitegate and Castlebar . 1995 . 0-946130-10-8 . en.
• Book: Burke . John . John Burke (genealogist) . Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . 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 . 1844 . H. G. Bohn . en.
• Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1884 . London : Harrison & sons . University of California Libraries.
  • Book: MacMahon, Michael . Portumna Castle and its Lords . Shannon Books . Portumna . 1983 . 0-9538667-0-X . en.

Notes and References

1. Book: MacMahon, Michael . Portumna Castle and its Lords . Shannon Books . Portumna . 1983 . 0-9538667-0-X . en.
2. Book: Burke . John . John Burke (genealogist) . Burke . Bernard . Bernard Burke . 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 . 1844 . H. G. Bohn . en.
3. Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1884 . London : Harrison & sons . University of California Libraries.