William Bourke, 7th Earl of Clanricard^[1]

- 1687

• Name	William Bourke
  Suffix	7th Earl of Clanricard
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1666
  	7th Earl of Clanricard
  Death	Oct 1687
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal08851 Lord of Upper Connacht. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10598.htm#i105980 William Bourke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde gained the rank of Colonel in 1640 in the service of the Royal Service.«sup»2«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»7th Earl of Clanricarde [I., 1543]«/i» in August 1666.«sup»2«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»5th Viscount Bourke of Clanmories, co. Mayo [I., 1629]«/i» in August 1666.«sup»2«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»7th Baron de Dunkellin [I., 1543]«/i» in August 1666.«sup»2«/sup» He held the office of Lieutenant of County Galway in 1680.«sup»2«/sup» He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] on 30 April 1681.«sup»2«/sup» He held the office of Governor of County Galway in 1687.«sup»2«/sup» 1. Charles Mosley, editor, «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes«/i» (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 2, page 1866. Hereinafter cited as «i»Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition«/i». 2. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 232. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».
  Person ID	I59189	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Sir William Bourke   d. 1626
  Family ID	F551615586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lettice Shirley,   b. Abt 1617   d. Abt Sep 1655 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Children	1. Ricard de Burgh, 8th Earl of Clanricard   d. 1709   2. Margaret Bourke   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John de Burgh, 9th Earl of Clanricarde,   b. 1642   d. 17 Oct 1722 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F13787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Helen MacCarty, Countess of Clanricarde   d. Between 6 Aug 1720 and 29 Jun 1722
  Children	1. Lady Honora Bourke, Countess of Lucan,   b. 16 Jan 1674, Pezénas, Languedoc, France d. 16 Jan 1697, Pezénas, Languedoc, France (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F551615218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).