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John Burke was born 12 November 1786 to Peter Burke (1756-1836) and Anne Dowdall (-1818) and died 27 March 1848 of unspecified causes. He married Mary O'Reilly (1781-1846) 6 May 1807 .

John Burke was an Irish genealogist, and the original publisher of Burke's Peerage. He was the father of Sir John Bernard Burke, a British officer of arms and genealogist.

In 1826 he published Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, better known by its modern name of Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. That was followed by the first edition of his Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage.

Between 1833 and 1835 he produced four volumes entitled A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. About this time he commenced work, with his son Bernard, on the two volumes entitled The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants &c., but which were not published until after his death (volume 1 in 1848, volume 2 in 1851).




Children


Offspring of Mary O'Reilly (1781-1846) and John Burke
Name Birth Death Joined with
Peter Joseph Burke (1811-1881) 7 May 1811 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 26 March 1881 South Kensington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Bernard Burke (1814-1892) 5 January 1814 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom 12 December 1892 Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland Barbara Frances MacEvoy (-1887)
Edmund Burke (1817-1836)
Anne Katherine Burke (1818-1839)
George Augustus Burke (1820-1836)
Mary Clarinda Burke (-1879)



Siblings


Footnotes (including sources)

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Robin Patterson

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