Sir Thomas John Burke, 3rd Baronet DL (7 June 1813 – 9 December 1875) was an Irish landowner and politician from

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who was an independent

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MP for

(1847–65).

Career

Born at Marble Hill, he sat as an independent liberal Member of Parliament for the

for eighteen years. His father, John Burke, was MP for the same constituency from 1830 to 1832.

Sport

Sometime a captain in the 1st Royals, he was best known for his love of sport, and his connection with

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is preserved through the Marble Hill Stakes annually run for at the

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. He has been described as "a genial, handsome man, exceedingly popular with the country people, but by no means as prudent and business like as his father". He married Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of

Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath Anthony Francis Nugent, 9th Earl of Westmeath, (1 November 1805 – 12 May 1879) was an Irish peer. Biography Nugent was a descendant of Richard Nugent, 2nd Earl of Westmeath, but the title had been carried by a different line of the Nugents, wi ...

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* * 1813 births 1875 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Deputy lieutenants in Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Galway Royal Scots officers UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Irish officers in the British Army

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