John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (; ); 1642–1722) was an

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soldier and peer who was a Colonel during the

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Career

Burke was a younger son of

William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde, PC (Ire) (; ; died 1687), was an Irish peer who fought in his youth together with his brother Richard, 6th Earl of Clanricarde under their cousin, Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde against the P ...

and succeeded his brother

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. He was created Baron Bophin (over the isle of Inishbofin where Burke is still a common surname amongst the islanders) in 1689 and commanded a foot regiment as its colonel during the

. He was taken prisoner at the

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in 1691 and outlawed. His younger brother

Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway (; ; – 1691) was an Irish army officer slain at the Battle of Aughrim while fighting for the Jacobites during the Williamite War in Ireland. Birth and origins Ulick was born about 1670 ...

was killed in the same battle. In 1703 he obtained a reversal in return for a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds and the commitment that his two eldest sons would be raised as

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s, after a private act of the English Parliament. While the elder sons conformed (to the Protestant faith), the younger Burkes remained

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and fought with the Wild Geese. Colonel Ulick Burke served the King of France, living as late as 1757. Lt. General Eamonn Burke was a member of the Irish regiment in

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, and died at

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in 1744. William was killed at Fontenoy in 1745. His sister

Honora Burke Honora Burke ( – 1698), married Patrick Sarsfield and went into French exile where he followed her soon afterwards. After his death at the Battle of Landen, she married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, an illegitimate son of James ...

was married to

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, ga, Pádraig Sáirseál, circa 1655 to 21 August 1693, was an Irish soldier, and leading figure in the Jacobite army during the 1689 to 1691 Williamite War in Ireland. Born into a wealthy Catholic famil ...

Family

John married Mary Talbot (d.1711), the daughter of James Talbot (d.1691). Their children were: *

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 ...

(1686–1726) * Lady Bridget Bourke (died 1779) who married Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688-1737) * Lady Lætitia Bourke (died 1740) who married Sir Festus Burke, 5th Baronet * Hon. Ulick de Burgh (d.1762) * Lady Honora Bourke who married John Kelly * Lady Mary Bourke (died 1735) who married Garret Moore * Hon. James Bourke (died 1718) * Hon. Richard Bourke * Lady Margaret Bourke * Hon. William Bourke (died 1703) * Hon. Thomas de Burgh (died 1763) * Hon. Edward Bourke (died 1743) * Hon. William Bourke (died 1745) * Hon. John Bourke (died 1718)

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