Burke Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Burke, both in the Baronetage of Ireland. One creation is extant as of 2008.

The Burke Baronetcy, of Glinsk
Glinsk
Glinsk is a small village in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, between Creggs and Ballymoe. Glinsk is located approximately 68 km from Galway city and approximately 30 km from Roscommon. It is located in valley of the River Suck, which has a 60 mile hiking trail. Nearby is the...

 in the County of Galway, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 August 1628 for Ulick Bourke. The third Baronet was a politician. The title became extinct on the death of the thirteenth Baronet in 1909. Two of his younger brothers both gained distinction. Thomas Henry Burke
Thomas Henry Burke (Irish politician)
Thomas Henry Burke was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday 6 May 1882. The killing was carried out by an Irish republican organisation called the Irish National Invincibles...

 was Permanent Under-Secretary at the Irish Office for many years while Augustus Nicholas Burke
Augustus Nicholas Burke
Augustus Joseph Nicholas Burke was an artist and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy .-Biography:Burke was born into the Galway Burkes of Glinsk and was the sixth son of William Burke of Knocknagur, Tuam, Co. Galway. He was born at Waterslade House in the town...

 was an artist.

The Burke Baronetcy, of Marble Hill in the County of Galway, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 5 December 1797 for Thomas Burke. He raised an infantry regiment at his own expense during the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...

. The second and third Baronets both sat as Members of Parliament for County Galway. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of County Galway in 1883. The seventh Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

 of County Galway. Three other members of the family may also be mentioned. Charles Granby Burke (1814-1898), second son of the second Baronet, was Master of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland from 1852 to 1882. James Henry Burke (1816-1882), third son of the second Baronet, was a Major-General in the Bombay Engineers. His son James Henry Thomas Joseph FitzGerald Burke (1853-1902) was a Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....

 in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

.

Burke Baronets, of Glinsk (1628)

  • Sir Ulick Burke, 1st Baronet (c. 1594–c. 1660)
  • Sir Edmund Burke, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1686)
  • Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (d. 1708)
  • Sir John Burke, 4th Baronet (d. c. 1724)
  • Sir Festus Burke, 5th Baronet (d. c. 1730)
  • Sir Theobald Burke, 6th Baronet (d. c. 1740)
  • Sir Henry Burke, 7th Baronet (d. 1748)
  • Sir Ulick Burke, 8th Baronet (d. 1759)
  • Sir Henry John Burke, 9th Baronet (d. 1814)
  • Sir John Ignatius Burke, 10th Baronet (1784-1845)
  • Sir Joseph Burke, 11th Baronet (1786-1865)
  • Sir John Lionel Burke, 12th Baronet (1818-1884)
  • Sir Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet (1833-1909)

Burke Baronets, of Marble Hill (1797)

  • Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Baronet (d. 1813)
  • Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet
    Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet
    Colonel Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet DL was an Irish soldier and Whig politician.-Background:He was the oldest and only surviving son of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Baronet and his wife Christian Browne, daughter of Edward Browne. In 1813, he succeeded his father as baronet...

     (1782-1847)
  • Sir Thomas John Burke, 3rd Baronet (1813-1875)
  • Sir John Charles Burke, 4th Baronet (1858-1880)
  • Sir Henry George Burke, 5th Baronet (1859-1910)
  • Sir Thomas Malachy Burke, 6th Baronet (1864-1913)
  • Sir Gerald Howe Burke, 7th Baronet (1893-1954)
  • Sir Thomas Stanley Burke, 8th Baronet (1916-1989)
  • Sir James Stanley Gilbert Burke, 9th Baronet (b. 1956)
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