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Peter Burke QC (7 May 1811–26 March 1881) was an English barrister and serjeant-at-law, known also as a writer.


Life

He was the eldest son of John Burke of Elm Hall,
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, and brother of
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, born in London on 7 May 1811. He was educated at the college of
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. Having been
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at the
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in 1839, he joined the northern circuit and the Manchester and Lancashire sessions. Burke later practised at the
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, and appeared before the House of Lords in several major peerage cases. He was made a
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of the
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in 1858, and a serjeant-at-law in 1859. He was elected director or chief honorary officer of the Society of Antiquaries of Normandy for 1866-7. Burke died at his residence in
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, on 26 March 1881.


Works

With some legal works, Burke published: *''The Wisdom and Genius of Edmund Burke illustrated in a series of extracts from his writing, with a summary of his life'', 1845. *''Celebrated Trials connected with the Aristocracy, in the relations of private life'', London 1849, 1851. *''The Romance of the Forum, or Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes from Courts of Justice'', 4 vols. London 1852, 1861. *''The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke'', London 1853. *''Celebrated Naval and Military Trials'', London 1866.


Arms


See also

*
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, an Anglo-Norman and
Hiberno-Norman Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans (; ) is a modern term for the descendants of Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Most came from England and Wales. They are distinguished from the native ...
dynasty founded in 1193 *
Earl of Clanricarde Earl of Clanricarde ( ; ) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 19 ...
*
Clanricarde Clanricarde ( ), also known as Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or the Galway Burkes, were a fully Gaelicised branch of the Hiberno-Norman House of Burgh who were important landowners in Ireland from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Terr ...


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Citations

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Peter 1811 births 1881 deaths English barristers Serjeants-at-law (England) English legal writers English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English lawyers