Baron Bourke of Brittas

Baron Bourke of Brittas
Arms: of Bourke: Or, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect sable
Creation date	17 February 1618
Monarch	James I
Peerage	Peerage of Ireland
First holder	Theobald Bourke
Last holder	Theobald Bourke
Status	Forfeited
Extinction date	1691

Baron Bourke of Brittas (English: /bɜːrk/ BURK), of the County of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 17 February 1618 for Theobald Bourke. He was the son of Theobald Bourke, son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Castleconnell (see Baron Bourke of Castleconnell) and Lady Mary Burke. He was the younger brother of John Bourke, 2nd Baron Bourke of Castleconnell, and Richard Bourke, 3rd Baron Bourke of Castleconnell. The third Baron was attainted in 1691 and the title forfeited.

Barons Bourke (1618)[]

• Theobald Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Brittas (died 1654)
• John Bourke, 2nd Baron Bourke of Brittas (died 1668)
• Theobald Bourke, 3rd Baron Bourke of Brittas (died after 1691)

See also[]

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
• Baron Bourke of Castleconnell
• Sir Edmund de Burgh (1298–1338), Irish knight and ancestor of the Burke family of Clanwilliam

References[]

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}