Dominick Burke

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Dominick Burke or Bourke (died 8 December 1747) was an Irish politician from County Galway.

He represented the borough of Galway in the Irish House of Commons from 1735 to his death.Leigh Rayment, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm Irish House of Commons 1692-1800]}}, accessed 29 December 2011Hardiman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA232 p. 232] He was also Mayor of Galway in 1735 and 1737Hardiman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA224 p. 224] and Recorder of the town from 1739 to 1747.Hardiman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA230 p. 230]

His sons included Dominick, who married Margaret, widow of Francis Annesley of Ballysax and daughter and heiress of Edward Eyre of Galway, but had no issue by her, and Bingham, a captain in the Army.John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland, volume IV (Dublin, 1789) [https://books.google.com/books?id=L9k9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA119 p. 119-120] His daughter Sarah married George Brabazon of New Park and was the mother of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Baronet.John Burke and John Bernard Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, second edition (London, 1841) [https://books.google.com/books?id=zs2YIGYcFYMC&pg=PA601 page 601]

References

  • James Hardiman, [https://archive.org/details/historyoftowncou00hard The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway] (Dublin, 1820)

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