Earl of Clanricarde

Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (third award)

Earl of Clanricarde is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of Ireland .

Awards and other titles

The title was first bestowed on July 1, 1543 for Ulick na gCeann Burke , along with the subordinate title Baron of Dunkellin , both in the Peerage of Ireland.

His great-grandson, the 4th Earl, was raised to Viscount Tunbridge and Baron of Somerhill on April 3, 1624 , and to Earl of St. Albans , Viscount Galway and Baron of Imanney on August 23, 1628 . All of these titles belonged to the Peerage of England .

His son, the 5th Earl, was elevated to Marquess of Clanricarde on February 21, 1646 in the Peerage of Ireland . Around 1650 he also inherited the title 3. Viscount Bourke of Clanmories, created on April 20, 1629 in the Peerage of Ireland from his cousin . At his death in 1657 the marquessate and the English titles of 1624 and 1628 lapsed. The remaining Irish titles were inherited by his second cousin as 6th Earl.

The 12th Earl was raised on August 17, 1789 in the second bestowal in the Peerage of Ireland to Marquess of Clanricarde . The marquessate expired on his death in 1797, the other titles his brother inherited as 13th Earl.

On December 29, 1800, the 13th Earl was again awarded the title of Earl of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland, this time with the special addition that, in the absence of male descendants of his own, he was also given the title of Earl of Clanricarde to his daughters Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh (wife des Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo ) and Lady Emily de Burgh and their male offspring are inheritable.

The 14th Earl was raised on November 26, 1825 in the third bestowal in the Peerage of Ireland to Marquess of Clanricarde and on December 13, 1826 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Baron Somerhill , of Somerhill in the County of Kent . A hereditary seat in the House of Lords was associated with the latter title .

With the death of his younger son, the 2nd Marquess and 15th Earl in 1916, all his titles were extinguished, with the exception of the Earldom of Clanricarde of 1800, which according to the special note inherited by his cousin, George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo , one Grandson of Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh. The second earldom has since been a minor title to the Marquess of Sligo .

List of Marquesses and Earls of Clanricarde

Earls of Clanricarde; first award (1543)

• Ulick Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde († 1544)
• Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde († 1582)
• Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde († 1601)
• Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde , 1st Earl of St Albans († 1635) (raised to Earl of St. Albans in 1628 )
• Ulick Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde , 2nd Earl of St Albans († 1657) ( raised to Marquess of Clanricarde in 1646 )

Marquesses of Clanricarde; first award (1646)

• Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde († 1657)

Earls of Clanricarde; first award (1543; continued)

• Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde († 1666)
• William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde († 1687)
• Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde († 1704)
• John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde (1642–1722)
• Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde († 1726)
• John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde (1720–1782)
• Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl of Clanricarde (1743–1797) (promoted to Marquess of Clanricarde in 1785 )

Marquesses of Clanricarde; second award (1785)

• Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1743–1797)

Earls of Clanricarde; first award (1543; continued) and second award (1800)

• John de Burgh, 13th and 1st Earl of Clanricarde (1744–1808) ( raised to Earl of Clanricarde in 1800 )
• Ulick de Burgh, 14th and 2nd Earl of Clanricarde (1802–1874) ( raised to Marquess of Clanricarde in 1825 )

Marquesses of Clanricarde; third award (1825)

• Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde , 14th and 2nd Earl of Clanricarde (1802–1874)
• Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde , 15th and 3rd Earl of Clanricarde (1832-1916)

Earls of Clanricarde; second award (1800; continued)

• George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo , 4th Earl of Clanricarde (1856–1935)
• Ulick Browne, 7th Marquess of Sligo , 5th Earl of Clanricarde (1898–1941)
• Arthur Browne, 8th Marquess of Sligo , 6th Earl of Clanricarde (1867–1951)
• Terence Browne, 9th Marquess of Sligo , 7th Earl of Clanricarde (1873–1952)
• Denis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo , 8th Earl of Clanricarde (1908–1991)
• Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo , 9th Earl of Clanricarde (1939-2014)
• Sebastian Ulick Browne, 12th Marquess of Sligo , 10th Earl of Clanricarde (* 1964)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder, Christopher Browne Ulick (* 1988).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page