| Lt-Col.Sir Theobald Hubert BurkeBt | |
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| Born | (1833-03-25)25 March 1833 |
| Died | 4 April 1909(1909-04-04) (aged 76) London |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1854–1866 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel (1866) |
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Lt Colonel Sir Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet (25 March 1833 – 4 April 1909) was an Irish soldier and baronet who served during the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.
Background
Burke was born in Waterslade House, Tuam, County Galway. He was one of six sons of William Burke of Knocknagur of the ancient Galway family, the Burkes of Glinsk.
Career
He was commissioned into the British Army (88th Connaught Rangers) at an early age, and served through the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, and later exchanged into the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in 1866, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Family
He inherited the title from Sir John Lionel Burke, 12th Baronet, in 1884, and when he died in London aged 76 the Baronetcy became extinct.
- One brother Thomas Henry Burke was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office.
- Another brother Augustus Nicholas Burke was an artist.
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See also
- House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
References
Citations
- ^ "RootsWeb: IRL-GALWAY-L Part 2 – THE TUAM HERALD". TUAM, CO. GALWAY. 10 April 1909.] at archiver.rootsweb.com
- 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
- Burke at www.glinsk.com
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
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| Preceded byJohn Lionel Burke | Baronet (of Glinsk) 1884–1909 |
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- 1833 births
- 1909 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- People from Tuam
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers
- 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) officers
- British Army personnel of the Crimean War
- British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- House of Burgh
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