Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (English: /ˈjlɪk/ YOO-lik; died 1708) of Glinsk, was an Irish landowner and politician in County Galway who was MP for Galway (1689–92).

Sir Ulick Burke
Ulliac Búrca
MP for County Galway
In office
1689–1692
Succeeded by
Personal details
Died1708
SpouseIsmay Kelly
ChildrenNone
ParentEdmund Burke, 2nd Baronet
RelativesJohn Burke, 4th Baronet (half-brother)

Career

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He was the son of Sir Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet. The family resided at Glinsk Castle. Ulick Burke espoused the cause of King James II and was an MP for County Galway in the Patriot Parliament of 1689, and was included in the articles of the Treaty of Limerick. He married Ismay, fourth daughter of Colonel John Kelly of Skreen, County Roscommon. He died without issue in 1708 and was succeeded by his half brother, John Burke, 4th Baronet.

Lament for Sir Ulick Burke Marbhna Uillioc Búrca

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Sir Ulick was immortalised by the Irish composer and musician Turlough O'Carolan is his songs Ulliac Búrca (Ulick Burke) and Marbhna Uillioc Búrca (Lament for Sir Ulick Burke).

Coat of arms of Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet
 
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or, a plume of five ostrich feathers Argent.
Escutcheon
Or, a cross Gules in the dexter canton a lion rampant sable
Motto
IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (In this sign thou shalt conquer)[1]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

Bibliography

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for County Galway
1689–1692
With: Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Edmund Bourke
Baronet
(of Glinsk)
1687–1708
Succeeded by
John Burke