The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Clanricarde
KP PC (Ire)
Member of Parliament for County Galway
In office
1768–1768
Serving with Denis Daly
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
Henry de Burgh

(1742-01-08)8 January 1742
Died8 December 1797(1797-12-08) (aged 55)
NationalityIrish
Spouse
Lady Urania Anne Paulet
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(m. 1785)​
Parents
RelativesJohn de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde (brother)
Alma materEton College

Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, KP, PC (Ire) (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1782 and The Earl of Clanricarde from 1782 until 1789, was an Irish peer and politician who was MP for County Galway (1768) and Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway (1792–97).

Career

Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire.

Henry 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 County Galway. He succeeded his father as Earl of Clanricarde (among other titles) on 21 April 1782, and became a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 5 February 1783,[1] and on 6 March of the same year was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.

Family

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 on 17 August 1789. From 1792 until his death on 8 December 1797, he was Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.

Honours

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess 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.[2][3]
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)
Orders
Order of St Patrick

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Cook, C. & Stevenson, J. (1980) British Historical Facts 1760−1830. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press, p. 45.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.


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