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CLANIUCARDE. of Wales, &c.) 20 May, 1638; Lieut.-Gen. and Com. in Chief in Connaught, 16*4 ; P.C., [I.] 1645, and, having greatly assisted the roval cause in the rebellion [I.] of 1641, &c., was, on 21 Feb., 1645/6, er. MARQUESS OK CLANRICARDli [[.] tho' such creation was " suspended p 1 warr 1 H' for 6 mo."( a ) Lieut.-Gen. of the Army [I.] 1646-4!! ; Lord Deputy Gen. [I.] 1650-52. In Oct. 1652, he left Ireland for Kent, his estate nf £29,000 a year being sequestrated anil himself, by Cromwell's Act of 12 Aug., 1652, exempted from pardon. He at. Dec, 1622, Anne, da. of William (G'omiton), 1st Earl ok Northampton, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Spencer. He (/. s.p.m. at Somerhill, co. Kent, July, 1657, and was bur. at Tunbridge( b ). him. admon. 3 March, 1664/5. At his death all his English honours, as also the Visaruntci/ of Hainan and Barony of Inuinnsi/ (a: 1628), and the Manjuessalc of Clanricarde [I.] became extinct, but the other Irish honours devolved as below.^) His widow d. 17 Aug., 1675. Admon. 24 Aug., 1675, and 20 Jan. 1699/700. Earldom p.] G. Richard (Bouhke), Eabl of Clanricarde, Vis- VI 1G57 coi, nt Bouiike ok Clanmohies, ano Baron Dunkellin [I.], cousin and h. male, bein^ s. and h. of Sir William Eourke, alias de Burgh, by Mary, da. of Sir James Mac Donnell, Bart., which William was 3rd s. of Uliek, the 3rd Karl. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 1661. He hi. Elizabeth, da. of Walter (Butleii), Earl of Ossory and Ormonde [I.], by Helen, da. of Edmund (Butler), Viscount Mountgauret [I.] He d. s.p.m. Aug. 1660. VII. 1666. 7. William (Bourke), Earl of Clanricarde, &c. [I], br. and h. male, was, in 1640, a Colonel in the Royal Service ; Lieut of Galway, 1680 ; Chief Gov. thereof, 16S7. He in. firstly Lettice, da. of Sir Henry Shfrley, Bart., by Dorothy, da. of Robert (Drvereux), Earl op Essex. She, who was h. about 161 7, WftS bur. as " the wife of Col. Burke," 25 Sep. 1655, at Bredon, co. Leicester. He m. secondly, Ellen, da. of Donough (Maccarty), 1st Earl of Clan- carty [L], by Eleanor, sister of James (Bltler), 1st Duke of Ormonde. He <l. Oct. 16S7. VIII. 1687. S. Riciurd (Botjrke), Earl op Clanricarde, &c. [L], s. and h. by 1st wife. P.O. [I.], 16S8. He was in command of a Reg. of Infantry in the Irish Army of King James II in 1689, and being Governor of Galway, surrendered that town to de Giukle two weeks after tin* battle of Aughrim.^) He was outlawed 11 May 1691. He m. firstly (— ), da. of (— ) Bawnall, Page of the Blaekstairs to James II. He d. s.p.tu.s. He ra. secondly Auue, Dow. Countess of Warwick, da. of Sir Thomas Cheke, of Pirgo, in Essex, by his 2d. wife, Essex, da. of Robert (Rich), 1st Earl of Warwick. He was living Nov. 1702. IX. 1704? 9. John (Bourke), Earl op Clanricarde, ifce. [I.], br. and h. male of the whole blood. He was b. 1642, and was Col. of a lteg. of Infantry in the Army of James II and had been cr. by that King, 2 April ( a ) Creations " 1483—1616, in ap. 47th Rep. D. K. Pub. Records. ( b ) There appears to be some uncertainty as to the date of bis death, which by Bome is put as late as 29 April, 1658, while in the histories of Carte and Clarendon it is put in 1652 and in Oct. 1653. A note in " Lodge " I. p. 136,-says that " it appears that he died as in the text from several Chancery proceedings and especially from bills filed by his da. and her husband the Lord liluskerry, for the recovery of the estate." ( c ) See as to his da. and h. sub. " Clancarty," ante, -p. 251, line 20. ( d ) He "inherited neither the courage nor the loyalty of his ancestor, the great Earl of St. Albans ; he compounded his honour for personal security, anil quitting the service of James, remained at Galway, tho' by the capitulation, he was at liberty to march to Limerick." See O'Conor's " Military Memoirs," as quoted in Dalton's " King James' Irish Army List," p. 016.