Baron Bourke of Brittas ( ), of the County of Limerick, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...
created on 17 February 1618 for Theobald Bourke. He was the son of Theobald Bourke, son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Castleconnell (see
Baron Bourke of Castleconnell) and
Lady Mary Burke. He was the younger brother of John Bourke, 2nd Baron Bourke of Castleconnell, and Richard Bourke, 3rd Baron Bourke of Castleconnell. The third Baron was
attainted in 1691 being loyal to King James II and the title forfeited.
Barons Bourke (1618)
*Theobald Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Brittas (died 1654)
*John Bourke, 2nd Baron Bourke of Brittas (died 1668)
*Theobald Bourke, 3rd Baron Bourke of Brittas (died after 1691)
See also
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House of Burgh
The House of Burgh or Burke (; ; ; ga, de Búrca; la, de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty (with the Anglo-Irish branches later adopting the surname Burke and its variants) who held the earldom ...
, an
Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
*Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066
* Anglo-Norman language
**Anglo-Norman literature
* Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...
and
Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
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Baron Bourke of Castleconnell
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Sir Edmund de Burgh (1298–1338), Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam
References
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Forfeited baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1618