Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard

Irish noble

Also known as: Ulick Bourke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard, Ulick de Burgh, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard(Show More)

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Ulick Burke, marquess and 5th earl of Clanricard (born 1604, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ire.—died April or May 1658, Kent, Eng.) was one of the few Irish Roman Catholic magnates to support the Royalist cause in Ireland against the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars. The son of Richard, 4th earl of Clanricarde (created earl of St. Albans in 1628), Ulick Burke entered the House of Lords as Lord Burgh in 1628 and succeeded to the...