Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Dunkellin
Member of Parliament
for County Galway
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
Ulick Canning de Burgh

(1827-07-12)12 July 1827
Died16 August 1867(1867-08-16) (aged 40)
London
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig / Liberal
Parents
Relatives
Alma materEton College
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1846–1856
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Commands heldColdstream Guards
Battles/warsSiege of Sevastopol (1854)

Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; English: /dˈbɜːr/; /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]

Arms

Coat of arms of Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin
Crest
A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.
Escutcheon
Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable with a label for difference.
Supporters
Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.[3][4]
Motto
UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 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. (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.
  4. ↑ 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.
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