The Marquess of Clanricarde | |
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Member of Parliament for County Galway | |
In office 1768–1768 Serving with Denis Daly | |
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Born | Henry de Burgh 8 January 1742 |
Died | 8 December 1797 | (aged 55)
Nationality | Irish |
Spouse |
Lady Urania Anne Paulet
(m. 1785) |
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Relatives | John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde (brother) |
Alma mater | Eton College |
Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, KP, PC (Ire) (English: /dˈbɜːr/; d’-BER; English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1782 and The Earl of Clanricarde from 1782 until 1789, was an Irish peer and politician who was MP for County Galway (1768) and Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway (1792–97).
Henry was the son of John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde and from 1753 to 1758 was educated at Eton College. In 1768 he was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons representing County Galway. He succeeded his father as Earl of Clanricarde (among other titles) on 21 April 1782, and became a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 5 February 1783,[1] and on 6 March of the same year was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.
On 17 March 1785, he married Lady Urania Anne Paulet, daughter of George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, but they had no children. He was made Marquess of Clanricarde on 17 August 1789.[citation needed] From 1792 until his death on 8 December 1797, he was Governor and Custos Rotulorum of County Galway.[citation needed]
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