My page of portraits for C and D is too long so I am splitting into two pages.
2024 Diary of Irish Historic Houses (section 482 properties)
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I have some editorial decisions to make here – let me know if you have an opinion on it. There are names such as “De Burgh” and “De la Poer.” Do I put them under the letter “D”? I am doing so. It gets more confusing, however, when someone can be called, interchangeably, “De Burgh” or “Bourke.” In this case, I’m putting them under both names! I’m more confused about the De La Poer Beresfords. Do I put them under “D” or “B” for Beresford? I’m not sure if “De la Poer” is actually part of the surname. Let me know if you know! For now, I am counting it as part of the surname.
Richard Bourke (d. 1635) was 4th Earl of Clanricarde and he married Frances Walsingham.
They had a son, Ulick de Burgo or Bourke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde (d. 1657) who was created 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. He was succeeded by his cousin, Richard Bourke (d. 1666) 6th Earl of Clanricarde.
Richard Bourke (d. 1666) 6th Earl of Clanricarde married Elizabeth Butler, daughter of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond. They had daughters so his brother William (d. 1687) succeeded as 7th Earl of Clanricarde.
William the 7th Earl married Lettice Shirley who gave birth to Richard Bourke (d. 1709) 8th Earl of Clanricarde, who had only daughters, and then John Bourke (1642-1722) who became 9th Earl of Clanricarde.
The 7th Earl married a second time, to Helen MacCarty (d. 1732) who was daughter of Donough MacCarty 1st Earl of Clancarty. They had a daughter, Honora Bourke (d. 1697/8) who married James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed, illegitimate son of King James II.
The 9th Earl married and had many children, including Michael Bourke (d. 1726) 10th Earl of Clanricarde. He married Anne Smith, daughter of John Smith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, widow of Hugh Parker of Meldford Hall, Sussex, whose income helped to restore the family fortunes, and she gave birth to John Smith de Burgh (1720-1782) who became 11th Earl of Clanricarde. In 1752 his name was legally changed to John Smith de Burgh by Royal License.
John Smith de Burgh (1720-1782) 11th Earl of Clanricarde married Hester Amelia Vincent. He changed his surname from Bourke to De Burgh. They had a son, Henry de Burgh (1742-1797) who was created 1st (and last, as he had no children) Marquess of Clanricarde.
When he died his brother earned the title, as General John Thomas de Burgh (1744-1808) 13th Earl of Clanricarde. He was created 1st Earl of Clanricarde, co. Galway [Ireland] in 1800, with special remainder to his daughters. His daughter Hester Catherine de Burgh married Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo. His daughter Emily married Thomas St. Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth.
His son Ulick John de Burgh (1802-1874) was created 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. He married Harriet Canning, daughter of Prime Minister George Canning. Ulick was described as being immensely rich.
Thomas Swift (d. 1803) of Lynn, County Westmeath married Frances Dennis. She was the sister of James Dennis (d. 1782) Baron Tracton of Tracton Abbey, Co. Cork. Lord Tracton bequeathed his estates in County Kerry to his eldest nephew and heir-at-law, Reverend Meade Swift, and those in counties Cork and Dublin to his other nephew John Swift. They both took the surname “Dennis” then.
Reverend Meade Swift, now Dennis (1753-1837) married Delia Sophia Saunders, daughter of Reverend Morley Pendred Saunders and Martha, daughter of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough and Martha O’Neale.
Reverend Meade Swift, now Dennis (1753-1837) and Delia Sophia Saunders had a son, Thomas Stratford Dennis (1781-1870).