Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin

Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; English: /dˈbɜːr/; /dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; YOO-lik; d’-BER; dun-KELL-in; 12 July 1827 – 16 August 1867) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician who served during the Crimean War and was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India and MP for Galway Borough (1857–65) and County Galway (1865–67).

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Dunkellin
Member of Parliament for County Galway
In office 1865–1867 Serving with William Henry Gregory
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet
Succeeded by	Hubert de Burgh-Canning
Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
In office 1857–1865 Serving with Anthony O'Flaherty John Orrell Lever
Preceded by	Martin Joseph Blake
Succeeded by	Michael Morris
Personal details
Born	Ulick Canning de Burgh (1827-07-12)12 July 1827 London
Died	16 August 1867(1867-08-16) (aged 40) London
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig / Liberal
Parents	Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde Hon. Harriet Canning
Relatives	Hubert de Burgh-Canning (brother) Emily Charlotte de Burgh, Countess of Cork (sister)
Alma mater	Eton College
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1846–1857
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Commands	Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars	Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol (1854) Anglo-Persian War

A statue was erected to him in Eyre Square, Galway in 1873 in honour of his military career, and political career as MP for Galway Borough and County Galway. However, the statue was torn down after Irish independence in 1922, partly on account of his brother Hubert de Burgh-Canning who was a notoriously unpopular landlord in County Galway.^[1]

Background

Dunkellin was the eldest son of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and the Hon. Harriet, daughter of George Canning. He was educated at Eton.

Military career

Dunkellin entered the army in 1846 and was in the Coldstream Guards. He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Bessborough between 1847 and 1848 and then Lord Clarendon between 1848 and 1852) and then as State Steward to the Lord Lieutenant (Lord St Germans between 1852 and 1854). Subsequently, he served in the Crimean War and was taken prisoner during the Siege of Sevastopol in October 1854. He was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1854, and was awarded the Order of the Medjidie by Abdulmejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In 1856, Dunkellin was Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, his uncle Lord Canning, and also served as a volunteer on the staff during the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57). He retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1860.^[2][3]

Political career

Dunkellin also sat as Member of Parliament for Galway Borough between 1857 and 1865 and County Galway between 1865 and 1867. Prominent as an Adullamite, he moved the amendment on the Parliamentary Reform Bill on 18 June 1866, which later led to the fall of the government of Earl Russell.^[3]

Personal life

After years of ill health, Lord Dunkellin died in London in August 1867, aged 40, predeceasing his father by seven years. He never married. His younger brother Hubert later succeeded in the marquessate.^[3]

Honours and Arms

Orders, Decorations, and Medals

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominals
Ottoman Empire	1854–1867	Order of the Medjidie[4]

Arms

Coat of arms of Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin

Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Or, a cross gules in the first quarter a lion rampant sable with a label for difference. Supporters Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.[5][6] Motto UNG ROY, UNG FOY, UNG LOY (One king, one faith, one law)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin
8. John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde 4. John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde 9. Hester Amelia Vincent 2. Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde 10. Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Bt 5. Elizabeth Burke 11. 1. Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin 12. George Canning 6. George Canning 13. Mary Ann Costello 3. Harriet Canning 14. Major-General John Scott 7. Joan Scott 15. Margaret Dundas

See also

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Citations

1. "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
2. Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 261.
3. McDowell, R. B. (2004). "Burgh, Ulick John de, first marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 261.
5. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
6. Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

Bibliography

• McDowell, R. B. (2004). "Burgh, Ulick John de, first marquess of Clanricarde (1802–1874), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37245. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
• Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
• Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.
• Cokayne, G. E. (1889). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Martin Joseph Blake Anthony O'Flaherty	Member of Parliament for Galway Borough 1857–1865 With: Anthony O'Flaherty 1857 John Orrell Lever 1859–1865	Succeeded by Michael Morris Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, Bt
Preceded by Sir Thomas Burke, Bt William Henry Gregory	Member of Parliament for County Galway 1865–1867 With: William Henry Gregory	Succeeded by William Henry Gregory Viscount Burke