Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, KP, PC (Ire) (/dəˈbɜːr ...klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ də-BUR ... klan-RIK-ard; 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/ dun-KEL-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 the 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 one of the founding Knights 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.[2]

From 1792 until his death on 8 December 1797, he was Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.[3]

Family

On 17 March 1785, he married Lady Urania Anne Paulet (1766–1843), daughter of George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, but they had no children. His widow subsequently married, on 28 October 1799, to Col. Peter Kingston (d.1807). She married for the third time, on 22 May 1813, to Admiral The Hon. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke (1768–1831).[4]

Honours and Arms

Honours

Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominals
 United Kingdom 1783 – 1797 Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick KP
 United Kingdom 1783 – 1797 Member of the Privy Council of Ireland PC (Ire)

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.[5][6]
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)
Orders
Order of St Patrick

Ancestry

See also

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Galway
1768
With: Denis Daly
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway
1792–1797
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Marquess of Clanricarde
1789–1797
Extinct
Preceded by Earl of Clanricarde
1782–1797
Succeeded by
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