Background
He was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
Privy Counsellor Governor of Galway
He was the son of John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
Eton College; Christ Church.
He was appointed Governor of Galway in 1712 and invested as a Privy Counsellor in Ireland on 15 July 1726. On his death he was buried in Christchurch, Dublin.