Sir Henry George Burke , THE TUAM HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1909 TUAM, CO. GALWAY Sir Henry George Burke, Baronet, J.P. and D.L. for the County Galway, was born at Marble Hill in 1859, the second son of the late Sir Thomas Burke, third baronet (the baronetcy was created in 1799) and some time member for the County Galway, by Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of the 9th Earl of Westmeath. Sir Henry was educated at the Oratory School and Trinity College, Dublin, of which he is a B.A. He succeeded his brother in 1880, and was High Sheriff for Galway in 1883 and held a commission in the 4th Battalion Connaught Rangers 1881-5. He is unmarried.
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