Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin

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Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Dunkellin
Member of Parliament
for Galway County
In office
1865–1867
Preceded bySir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet
Succeeded byHubert de Burgh-Canning
Member of Parliament
for Galway Borough
In office
1857–1865
Preceded byMartin Joseph Blake
Succeeded byMichael Morris
Personal details
Born(1827-07-12)12 July 1827
Died16 August 1867(1867-08-16) (aged 40)
London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal / Whig
Parent(s)Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
Hon. Harriet Canning
RelativesHubert de Burgh-Canning (brother)
Alma materEton College

Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; English: /dˈbɜːr/; YOO-lik; d’-BER; 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]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin
Burke (Clanricarde).png
Escutcheon
Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable with a label for difference
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)[3]

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). 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.

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1857–1865
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