Lt Colonel Sir Theobald Hubert Burke, 13th Baronet (25 March 1833 – 4 April 1909) was an Irish soldier and baronet who served during the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny.

Background

Burke was born in Waterslade House, Tuam, County Galway. He was one of six sons of William Burke of Knocknagur of the ancient Galway family, the Burkes of Glinsk.

Career

He was commissioned into the British Army (88th Connaught Rangers) at an early age, and served through the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, and later exchanged into the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in 1866, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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See also

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

References

Citations

  • Burke<!-- bot-generated title --> at www.glinsk.com