Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (English: /ˈjuːlɪk dəˈbɜːr ... dʌnˈkɛlɪn/ YOO-lik də-BUR ... dun-KEL-in; 12 July 1827 – 16 August 1867) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician who served during the Crimean War and was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India and MP for Galway Borough (1857–65) and County Galway (1865–67).
Lord Dunkellin | |
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| Member of Parliament for County Galway | |
| In office 1865–1867 Serving with William Henry Gregory | |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet |
| Succeeded by | Hubert de Burgh-Canning |
| Member of Parliament for Galway Borough | |
| In office 1857–1865 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Joseph Blake |
| Succeeded by | Michael Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ulick Canning de Burgh 12 July 1827 London |
| Died | 16 August 1867 (aged 40) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig / Liberal |
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| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1846–1857 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Commands | Coldstream Guards |
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A statue was erected to him in Eyre Square, Galway in 1873 in honour of his military career, and political career as MP for Galway Borough and County Galway. However, the statue was torn down after Irish independence in 1922, partly on account of his brother Hubert de Burgh-Canning who was a notoriously unpopular landlord in County Galway.[1]
Background
editDunkellin was the eldest son of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and the Hon. Harriet, daughter of George Canning. He was educated at Eton.
Military career
editDunkellin entered the army in 1846 and was in the Coldstream Guards. He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Bessborough between 1847 and 1848 and then Lord Clarendon between 1848 and 1852) and then as State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant (Lord St Germans between 1852 and 1854). Subsequently, he served in the Crimean War and was taken prisoner during the Siege of Sevastopol in October 1854. He was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1854, and was awarded the Order of the Medjidie by Abdulmejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In 1856, Dunkellin was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, his uncle Lord Canning, and also served as a volunteer on the staff during the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57). He retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1860.[2][3]
Political career
editDunkellin also sat as Member of Parliament for Galway Borough between 1857 and 1865 and County Galway between 1865 and 1867. Prominent as an Adullamite, he moved the amendment on the Parliamentary Reform Bill on 18 June 1866, which later led to the fall of the government of Earl Russell.[3]
Personal life
editAfter years of ill health, Lord Dunkellin died in London in August 1867, aged 40, predeceasing his father by seven years. He never married. His younger brother Hubert later succeeded in the marquessate.[3]
Honours and Arms
editOrders, Decorations, and Medals
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See also
edit- House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
References
editCitations
edit- ^ "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 261.
- ^ a b c McDowell, R. B. (2004). "Burgh, Ulick John de, first marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 261.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
- ^ 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
edit- McDowell, R. B. (2004). "Burgh, Ulick John de, first marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
- 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.
- Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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