| Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Dunkellin | |
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| Member of Parliament for Galway County | |
In office 1865–1867 Serving with William Henry Gregory | |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet |
| Succeeded by | Hubert de Burgh-Canning |
| Member of Parliament for Galway Borough | |
In office 1857–1865 Serving with Anthony O'Flaherty John Orrell Lever | |
| Preceded by | Martin Joseph Blake |
| Succeeded by | Michael Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ulick Canning de Burgh 12 July 1827 |
| Died | 16 August 1867 (aged 40) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig / Liberal |
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| Alma mater | Eton College |
Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (English /ˈjuːlɪk/; English /dˈb[unsupported input]/; /dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; yoo-lik; D’-ber; dun-kell-in; 12 July 1827 – 16 August 1867) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician who served during the Crimean War and was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India and MP for Galway Borough (1857–65) and County Galway (1865–67).
A statue was erected to him in Eyre Square, Galway in 1873 in honour of his military career, and political career as MP for Galway Borough and County Galway. However, the statue was torn down after Irish independence in 1922, partly on account of his brother Hubert de Burgh-Canning who was a notoriously unpopular landlord in County Galway.[1]
Background[]
Dunkellin was the eldest son of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and the Hon. Harriet, daughter of George Canning. He was educated at Eton.
Military career[]
Dunkellin was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Bessborough and then Lord Clarendon) between 1846 and 1852 and State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant (Lord St Germans) between 1852 and 1854. He then served in the Crimean War and was taken prisoner during the Siege of Sevastopol. In 1856, Dunkellin was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, his uncle Lord Canning.
Political career[]
Dunkellin also sat as Member of Parliament for Galway Borough between 1857 and 1865 and County Galway between 1865 and 1867. Prominent as an Adullamite, he moved the amendment on the Parliamentary Reform Bill on 18 June 1866, which later led to the fall of the government of Earl Russell.[2]
Personal life[]
After years of ill health, Lord Dunkellin died in London in August 1867, aged 40, predeceasing his father by seven years. He never married. His younger brother Hubert later succeeded in the marquessate.[2]
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Ancestry[]
References[]
- ↑ "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/32477/lord-dunkellins-statue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDowell, R. B. (2004) "Burgh, Ulick John de, first marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874), politician" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245 https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37245 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844) (in en). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y11BAAAAYAAJ&dq=de+burgh+heraldry+a+cruce+salus&pg=PP202.
- ↑ 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. http://archive.org/details/generalarmoryofe00burk.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin
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