John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (1642—1722) was an Irish

Irish people

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Peerage of Ireland

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Burke succeeded his brother Richard

Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde

Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde, Irish peer, died after 1708.Richard appears to have been the first of the family to conform, as Charles II wrote to his father congratulating him on "being throughly instructed in the protestant religion as it stands established, having forsaken that of Rome...

. He was created Baron Bophin in 1689 and commanded a foot regiment as its colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland

Williamite war in Ireland

The Williamite War in Ireland—also called the Jacobite War in Ireland, the Williamite-Jacobite War in Ireland and in Irish as Cogadh an Dá Rí —was a conflict between Catholic King James II and Protestant King William of Orange over who would be King of England, Scotland and Ireland...

. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim

Battle of Aughrim

The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 , near the village of Aughrim in County Galway....

 in 1691 and outlawed. In 1703 he obtained a reversal in return for a fine of twenty-five thousand pounds and that his two eldest sons be raised Protestant, after a private act of the English Parliament.

While the elder sons conformed, the younger Burkes remained Catholic

Catholic

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 and fought with the Wild Geese

Flight of the Wild Geese

The Flight of the Wild Geese refers to the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on October 3, 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland...

. Colonel Ulick Burke served the King of France, living as late as 1757. Lt. General Eamonn Burke was a member of the Irish regiment in Spain

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, and died at Bologna

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 in 1744. Their brother William was killed at Fontenoy

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 in 1745. His daughter was Honora de Burgh, who was married to Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield , created the first Earl of Lucan, Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonged to an Anglo-Norman family long settled in Ireland.-Background:...

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