Ancestral Trails 2016 » William BURGH (1612-1687)

Persoonlijke gegevens William BURGH 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1612 in Clanmories, Moray, Ireland.
• Titel: 7th Earl of Clanricarde
• Hij is overleden oktober 1687 in Clanricarde, Galway, Ireland, hij was toen 75 jaar oud.

Gezin van William BURGH

(1) Hij heeft/had een relatie met Helen MACCARTHY.

Kind(eren):

1. Margaret Alice BURGH  ± 1673-1744 
2. Honora BURGH  1674-1698 
3. Ulick BURGH  ????-1691

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Lettice SHIRLEY.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1638 te Clanmories, Moray, Ireland, hij was toen 26 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Richard BURGH  ± 1639-1702
2. John BURGH  1642-1722

Notities over William BURGH

William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde (died 1687), Irish peer, was the son of Sir William Burke, younger son of Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, and Joan O'Shaughnessy.

Burke had served with his brother Richard, the 6th Earl under their cousin, Ulick Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, during the Irish Confederate Wars and they each succeeded to his title. He became Lord Lieutenant of County Galway in 1680 and its Chief Governor in 1687.

His first wife was Lettice Shirley, daughter of Sir Henry Shirley and Lady Dorothy Devereux and granddaughter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. By her he had three sons including his heir, Richard. His second wife was Helen, daughter of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

Issue
Children with Lettice Shirley:
Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde (d. a Nov 1702)
Thomas Burke
John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (1642-17 Oct 1722)

Children with Helen MacCarty:

Lady Margaret Burke (d. 19 Jul 1744)
Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway (d. 12 Jul 1691)
William Burke
Lady Honora Burke (16 Jan 1674-16 Jan 1698)
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burke,_7th_Earl_of_Clanricarde

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