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Governor of Galway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ulick Burke 1604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1657 Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Westminster Abbey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Anne Compton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Margaret Burke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allegiance | English Royalists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1636–1656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Commands | Regiment of Foot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ulick MacRichard Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, 5th Earl of Clanricarde, 2nd Earl of St Albans PC (Ire) (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; YOO-lik; klan-RIK-ard; 1604, in London – July 1657, in Kent), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1635, was an Irish nobleman who was involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Catholic Royalist who had overall command of the Irish forces during the later stages of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, he was created Marquess of Clanricarde (1646).