The Earl of Clanricarde
Seaán de Búrca
Member of the Irish House of Lords
Hereditary Peerage 1709–1722
Preceded by	Richard Burke
Succeeded by	Michael Burke
Personal details
Born	John Burke 1642
Died	1722 (aged 79–80)
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Mary Talbot ​ ​ (m. 1684; died 1711)​
Children	Several, including: Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde
Parents	William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde Lettice Shirley
Relatives	Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde (brother) Honora Burke (sister)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1689–1691
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Foot Regiment
Battles / wars	Williamite War in Ireland Battle of Aughrim (1691)

John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ klan-RIK-ard; 1642–1722) was an Irish soldier and peer who was a colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland.

Burke was a younger son of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and succeeded his brother Richard. On 2 April 1689, he was created Baron Bourke of Boffin (over the Isle of Inishbofin where Burke is still a common surname amongst the islanders). This creation was made, in the Irish Peerage by the exiled James II, being one of seven peerages created four months after James's exclusion from the English throne.^[1] He commanded a foot regiment as its colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691 and outlawed. His younger brother Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway was killed in the same battle.^[2]

Burke was attainted, and a bill for his restoration was rejected in 1698. In 1703, however, he obtained a reversal in return for a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds and the commitment that his two eldest sons, Michael and Ulick, would be raised as Protestants, after a private act of the English Parliament.^[3]

While Burke's elder sons, Michael and Ulick, conformed (to the Protestant faith), the younger Burkes remained Catholic and fought with the Wild Geese. Colonel Ulick Burke served the King of France, living as late as 1757. Lt. General Eamonn Burke was a member of the Irish regiment in Spain, and died at Bologna in 1744. William Burke was killed at Fontenoy in 1745. Burke's sister Honora Burke was married to the Jacobite soldier Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan.^[4]

In October 1684, John Burke married Mary Talbot (d.1711), the daughter of James Talbot (d.1691).^[5] Their children were:

• Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde (1686–1726)
• Lady Bridget Bourke (died 1779) who married Richard Dillon, 9th Viscount Dillon (1688-1737)
• Lady Lætitia Bourke (died 1740) who married Sir Festus Burke, 5th Baronet
• Hon. Ulick de Burgh (d.1762)
• Lady Honora Bourke who married John Kelly
• Lady Mary Bourke (died 1735) who married Garret Moore
• Hon. James Bourke (died 1718)
• Hon. Richard Bourke
• Lady Margaret Bourke
• Hon. William Bourke (died 1703)
• Hon. Thomas de Burgh (died 1763)
• Hon. Edward Bourke (died 1743)
• Hon. William Bourke (died 1745)
• Hon. John Bourke (died 1718)

Coat of arms of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde

Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable. Supporters Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.[6][7] Motto UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

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