Captain Hubert Henry de Burgh, DSO, RN (; ; 16 February 1879 in

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in June 1926.First-class matches played by Hubert de Burgh at Cricket Archive
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for a "Europeans" team against a

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team in February 1906. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1893, Hubert de Burgh was posted as a lieutenant to the HMS ''Britannia'' in January 1903. He served in India as Aide de Camp (ADC) to the King at the

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in 1911 and in St Petersburg. During the Great War he commanded destroyers and was made a Companion of the

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for bravery at sea in 1917''London Gazette'', Supplement 1917 - Search Online as well as being twice

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. After commanding the Admiralty Yacht and serving in the mediterranean, Captain de Burgh retired in 1923 until he rejoined the RN in 1939. Captain de Burgh was the eldest son of Colonel Thomas John de Burgh, DL, JP of Oldtown, Naas,

(1851–1931)and Emily, daughter of Baron de Robeck. He was the brother of Captain Charles de Burgh DSO, RN, a submarine commander and Lieutenant Tom de Burgh of the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers who was killed in action in 1914. The de Burghs of Oldtown have been at Oldtown since the house was built by Colonel

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, architect of

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, The Custom House, The Royal Barracks and St Steven's Hospital in Dublin. Hubert de Burgh and descendants are the only remaining direct descendants of

William de Burgh William de Burgh (; ; ; la, de Burgo; c.1160–winter 1205/06) was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely. In ...

who first settled in Ireland in 1185.

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