Lt Colonel Sir Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet (25 March 1833 – 4 April 1909) was an Irish soldier and baronet who served during the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

and the Indian Mutiny.

Background

Burke was born in Waterslade House,] at archiver.rootsweb.com

Tuam Tuam (; , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midland Region, Ireland, midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. The town is in a civil parishe ...

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. He was one of six sons of William Burke of Knocknagur of the ancient Galway family, the Burkes of Glinsk.

Career

He was commissioned into the British Army ( 88th Connaught Rangers) at an early age, and served through the

and the Indian Mutiny, and later exchanged into the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in 1866, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Family

He inherited the title from

Sir John Lionel Burke, 12th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part ...

, in 1884, and when he died in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

aged 76 the

Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

cy became extinct. *One brother Thomas Henry Burke was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office. *Another brother

Augustus Nicholas Burke Augustus Joseph Nicholas Burke (28 July 1838 – 1891) was an Irish artist and an Academician of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). Early life Burke was born into the Galway Burkes of Glinsk and was the sixth son of William Burke of K ...

was an artist.

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Burke
at www.glinsk.com * 1833 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Irish people People from Tuam Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) officers British Army personnel of the Crimean War British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Ty ...

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