| Sir Thomas John Burke | |||||
| Honorific Suffix: | Bt DL | ||||
| Native Name: | Tomas Búrca | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | Irish | ||||
| Office: | Member of Parliament for County Galway | ||||
| Term Start: | 1847 | ||||
| Term End: | 1865 | ||||
| Predecessor: | Thomas Barnwall Martin and John James Bodkin | ||||
| Alongside: | Christopher St. George Thomas Bellew William Henry Gregory | ||||
| Birth Name: | Thomas Burke | ||||
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1813 | ||||
| Nationality: | Irish | ||||
| Spouse: | Lady Mary Nugent | ||||
| Parents: | John Burke | ||||
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Sir Thomas John Burke, 3rd Baronet DL (7 June 1813 – 9 December 1875) was an Irish landowner and politician from County Galway who was an independent Liberal MP for County Galway (1847–65).
Born at Marble Hill, he sat as an independent liberal Member of Parliament for the County Galway for eighteen years. His father, John Burke, was MP for the same constituency from 1830 to 1832.
Sometime a captain in the 1st Royals, he was best known for his love of sport, and his connection with horse racing is preserved through the Marble Hill Stakes annually run for at the Curragh. He has been described as "a genial, handsome man, exceedingly popular with the country people, but by no means as prudent and business like as his father". He married Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath.
| Crest: | A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper collared and chained Or. |
| Escutcheon: | Erminois, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable. |
| Motto: | UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)[1] |