Career
A right-handed batsman, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Oxford University in June 1926. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1893, Hubert de Burgh served in India as Aide de Camp (Aide-de-Camp) to the King at the Delhi Durbar in 1911 and in Street St. Petersburg. After commanding the Admiralty Yacht and serving in the mediterranean, Captain de Burgh retired in 1923 until he rejoined the Registered Nurse in 1939.
Captain de Burgh was the eldest son of Colonel Thomas John de Burgh, Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace of Oldtown, Naas, Company
Kildare (1851–1931)and Emily, daughter of Baron de Robeck. He was the brother of Captain Charles de Burgh Defence Science Organisation, Registered Nurse, a submarine commander and Lieutenant Tom de Burgh of the 31st Duke of Connaught"s Own Lancers who was killed in action in 1914.
The de Burghs of Oldtown have been at Oldtown since the house was built by Colonel Thomas de Burgh, architect of Trinity College Dublin Library, The Custom House, The Royal Barracks and Street Steven"s Hospital in Dublin. Hubert de Burgh and descendants are the only remaining direct descendants of William de Burgh who first settled in Ireland in 1185.
