Sir Thomas John Burke
Bt DL
Tomas Búrca
Member of Parliament for County Galway
In office
1847–1865
Preceded byThomas Barnwall Martin and John James Bodkin
Succeeded byUlick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin and William Henry Gregory
Personal details
Born
Thomas Burke

(1813-12-09)9 December 1813
Died7 June 1875(1875-06-07) (aged 61)
NationalityIrish
SpouseLady Mary Nugent
ParentJohn Burke

Sir Thomas John Burke, 3rd Baronet DL (7 June 1813 – 9 December 1875) was an Irish landowner and politician from County Galway who was an independent Liberal MP for County Galway (1847–65).

Career

Born at Marble Hill, he sat as an independent liberal Member of Parliament for the County Galway for eighteen years. His father, John Burke, was MP for the same constituency from 1830 to 1832.

Sport

Sometime a captain in the 1st Royals, he was best known for his love of sport, and his connection with horse racing is preserved through the Marble Hill Stakes annually run for at the Curragh. He has been described as "a genial, handsome man, exceedingly popular with the country people, but by no means as prudent and business like as his father". He married Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath.

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet
Crest
A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper collared and chained Or.
Escutcheon
Erminois, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable.
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)[1]

References

  1. ↑ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.


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