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254 BOURKE rickard, father of the said John, lawfully begotten. "Q He m. Catharine, only da. of Capt. Anthony Brabazon, of Ballynasloe in Connaught, by Ursula, da. of Sir Nicholas Malby, of Roscommon, Lord President of Connaught. He d. at his Manor House, Dunsandle, co. Galway, i6 Nov., and was bur. 17 Dec. 1633, at the Abbey of Athenry. Fun. certif. [I.]. His widow was living 13 June 1656, when shewas allotted 951 acres in Connaught. II. 1633. 2. Thomas (Bourke), Viscount Bourke of Clan- MORiES [I.], s. and h. He was in command of a troop of horse, under his cousin the Marquess of Clanricarde [I.], during the re- bellion. He sat in the Pari. [I.] of 14 July 1634. He m., before 1633, Margaret, da. of Christopher (Fleming), Lord Slane [I.], by Eleanor, da. of Sir Patrick Barnewall, of Turvey, co. Dublin. He appears to have d. s.p.m.,Q') when the Peerage apparently ("=) devolved, under the spec. rem. in its creation, as below. III. 1650? 3. Ulick (Bourke or de Burgh), Marquess of Clanricarde [I. 1646], Earl of Clanricarde [I. 1543], Viscount Bourke of Clanmories [I. 1629], i^c, ist cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of Richard, 4th Earl of Clanricarde [I.], who was eldest br. of the ist Viscount. He had sue. his father in that Earldom in 1635, and had been cr. a Marquess as above in 1646. See Clanricarde, Earl- dom [I.], cr. 1543, under the 5th Earl. BOURKE OF CONNELL or CASTLE CONNELLY) BARONY [I.] I. William Bourke, s. and h. of Edmund B., of Castle Connell, co. Limerick,() lord of the territory of I. 1580. Clanwilliam;(') was knighted by the Lord Deputy Sydney [I.] 31 Mar. 1567, and, having distinguished himself in (^) The preamble is given in Lodge, vol. i, p. 131. The limitation in the patent was compared with the orig. by Sir Bernard Burke, sometime Ulster King of Arms. C') According to O'Hart's /r«/;Pfr%rm (a most untrustworthy authority), 5th edit., vol. ii, p. 79, note §, "The son of this Thomas was Oliver Richard Burke, the third Viscount Claremorris [sic], who in 1657, under the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, lost his title and estates; was married to a daughter of Edmond Burke of Annakeen. The son of this Oliver was Edmond Burke, who was a lieutenant in the Duke of Berwick's Regiment in the service of King James the Second." The title does not appear on Ulster's Roll after the Restoration, apparently having merged in that of Clanricarde. {ex inform. G. D. Burtchaell). V.G. (■=) It is possible that the Viscount may have outlived the Marquess (who d. 1657), in which case the Viscountcy would have devolved on the Marquess's successor in the Earldom of Clanricarde [I.]. (^) For the ranking of Irish Peers on several occasions, see Appendix A in vol. i. (•=) Derived from Sir Edmund de Burgh "na Feisoge," one of the (bastard?) sons of Richard "the Red," Ear! of Ulster [I.], which Edmund was murdered by his kinsman in 1328. (') This was situated in the counties of Limerick and Tipperary, and extended for 23 miles in length. {State Papers [I.], Addenda, 1625-60). V.G.