en Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet

Sir Thomas John Burke
Bt DL
Sir Thomas John Burke Bt DL
Tomas Búrca
Member of Parliament for County Galway
	In office; 1847–1865 Serving with Christopher St. George; Thomas Bellew; William Henry Gregory
Preceded by	Thomas Barnwall Martin and John James Bodkin
Succeeded by	Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin and William Henry Gregory
Personal details
Born	Thomas Burke; 9 December 1813
Died	7 June 1875 (aged 61)
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Lady Mary Nugent
Parent	John Burke
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Unit	1st Royals

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

Citations

^ 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.

External links

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Burke

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Barnwall Martin and John James Bodkin	Member of Parliament for County Galway 1847 – 1865 With: Christopher St. George 1847–1852 Thomas Bellew 1852–1857 William Henry Gregory from 1857	Succeeded by Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin and William Henry Gregory
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by John Burke	Baronet (of Marble Hill) 1847 – 1875	Succeeded by John Charles Burke

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[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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