George Thew Burke

{{short description|Upper Canada politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = George Thew Burke

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| birth_date = 1776

| birth_place = Ballyartella, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1854|02|02|1776}}

| death_place = Bytown, Canada West

| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Carleton

| term_start1 = 1824

| term_end1 = 1828

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| office2 = Justice of the Peace for Johnstown

| term_start2 = 1819

| term_end2 = 1822

| office3 = Justice of the Peace for Bathurst

| term_start3 = 1822

| term_end3 = 1825

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| occupation = Soldier, politician, settler, merchant

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| allegiance = Great Britain
Upper Canada

| branch = British Army
Canadian militia

| serviceyears = 1798 - 1830s

| rank =

Ensign
Captain
Colonel

| unit = Ancient Irish Fencibles
100th Regiment of Foot
99th Regiment of Foot
1st Regiment of Carleton Militia

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| battles =

Egyptian Campaign

• Battle of Aboukir
• Battle of Mandora
• Battle of Alexandria

War of 1812

• Battle of Queenston Heights
• Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor
• Battle of the Chateauguay
• Battle of Chippawa

Rebellions of 1837–1838

|awards = Military General Service Medal (Egypt clasp)

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George Thew Burke (1776 – February 2, 1854) was a soldier, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in Ballyartella, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1776. He was a captain in the British Army serving in Canada from 1811 to 1818; he fought under Major General Isaac Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1818, he became head of the settlement at Richmond, where a number of members of the army had received free land grants, and he set up a store there. He served in the Carleton militia and was named colonel in 1822. He became a justice of the peace in the Johnstown District in 1819 and in the Bathurst District in 1822. He represented Carleton in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1824 to 1828. He died in Bytown in 1854