About Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1782 – 1847 (aged 64–65). Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.
Colonel Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet, DL (1782 – 14 September 1847) was an Irish soldier and Whig politician who was MP for County Galway (1830–2) and High Sheriff of County Galway (1838–9).
Background He was the oldest and only surviving son of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Baronet and his wife Christian Browne.
His mother Christian Browne is said by Burke's Peerage to be daughter of Edward Browne.
In 1813, Sir John Burke succeeded his father as baronet. Burke was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge, though it is doubtful if he resided there, and then at the Royal Military College, Great Marlow. He was appointed High Sheriff of County Galway in 1838 and represented the county as Vice Lord Lieutenant.
Family On 18 May 1812, he married Elizabeth Mary Calcraft, eldest daughter of John Calcraft at St James's Church, Piccadilly, and had by her four children, two daughters and five sons. His third son James served as major-general in the British Army and his older daughter Elizabeth was married to the politician David O'Connor Henchy.
His sister Ellen married Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford.
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British Whig politician and soldier (1782–1847)
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Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet was born in 1782.
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Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet died on 14 September 1847.
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Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet was a politician.
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