John Smith (Burke) de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde (; ; ; ; 11 November 1720 – 21 April 1782), styled Lord Dunkellin (; ) until 1726, was an

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peer.

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The Honourable John Smith Burke was born to

Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (; ; 1686–1736), styled Lord Dunkellin (; ) until 1722, was an Irish peer who was Governor of Galway (1712) and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland (1726). Career He was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of C ...

and his wife Anne Smith in 1720. He was the couple's fourth and last child, and the heir to the earldom, having two older sisters. An older brother had died in infancy. He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1726, at the age of six. Lord Clanricarde was educated at

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. He was elected a

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and a

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in 1753. He was a Privy Counsellor of Ireland for eight days in 1761, being struck off the list of the Council on 16 July. He died in April 1782 at

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, County Galway and was buried in the Dominican friary,

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Family

In 1740, he married Hester Amelia Vincent, daughter of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet of Stoke d'Abernon. By Royal Licence on 13 May 1752, he and his uncles assumed the surname ''

de Burgh de Burgh (also spelt de Bourgh, and Burke, and also Latinised as de Burgo) is an Anglo-Norman surname deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (c ...

'' which had been the family's surname in previous centuries: ''de Burgh'' was

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as '' de Búrca'' which over the centuries became ''Búrc'' then

Burke Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...

. The couple had four children: * Lady Hester Amelia de Burgh, who married William Trenchard * Lady Margaret Augusta de Burgh, wife of Luke Dillon (d.1825) of Hall Place, Warnford, Hampshire. The couple's funeral hatchment survives in the Church of Our Lady, Warnford.see image ile:Gifts for sale within Our Lady, Warnford - geograph.org.uk - 1582284.jpg/ref> *

Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, KP, PC (Ire) (; ; ; ; 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin (; ) until 1782 and The Earl of Clanricarde from 1782 until 1789, was an Irish peer and politician who was MP for ...

* General John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.

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*PC (Ire):

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, ''1761''

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