Dominick Burke
Dominick Burke or Bourke (died 8 December 1747[1]) was an Irish politician from County Galway.
He represented the borough of Galway in the Irish House of Commons from 1735 to his death.[1][2] He was also Mayor of Galway in 1735 and 1737[3] and Recorder of the town from 1739 to 1747.[4]
His sons included Dominick, who married Margaret, widow of Francis Annesley of Ballysax and daughter and heiress of Edward Eyre of Galway, but had no issue by her, and Bingham, a captain in the Army.[5] His daughter Sarah married George Brabazon of New Park and was the mother of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leigh Rayment, Irish House of Commons 1692-1800[usurped], accessed 29 December 2011
- ^ Hardiman, p. 232
- ^ Hardiman, p. 224
- ^ Hardiman, p. 230
- ^ John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland, volume IV (Dublin, 1789) p. 119-120
- ^ John Burke and John Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, second edition (London, 1841) page 601
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