De Burgh

de Burgh (also spelt de Bourgh, & Burke) is an Anglo-Norman surname of an ancient noble family, the House of de Burgh. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chris de Burgh (born 1948), musician and songwriter
• Edmond Albanach de Burgh (d. 1375), Lord of Connaught
• Elizabeth de Burgh (c. 1289-1327), Scottish royal consort
• Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332-1363), Earl in the Peerage of Ireland
• Ernest Macartney de Burgh (1863-1929), Irish-born Australian civil engineer
• Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1180-1243), Justiciar of England and Ireland
• Hubert de Burgh (1879-1960), Irish cricketer and Royal Naval Officer
• Hugo de Burgh (21st century), British journalism theorist and academic
• John de Burgh (1286–1313), Irish heir apparent to the Earldom of Ulster
• John de Burgh (1590–1667), Roman Catholic archbishop of Tuam
• John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde (1744-1808), Irish nobleman, politician and cricketer
• Jon de Burgh Miller (21st century), English science fiction writer
• Richard Mor de Burgh (c. 1194-1242), eldest son of William de Burgh
• Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259-1326)
• Thomas de Burgh (1670–1730), Irish soldier, architect and politician
• Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1802-1874), British Whig politician
• Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (c. 1230-1271), founder of Athassel Priory
• William de Burgh (1157-1206), Lord of Connaught
• William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312-1333), noble in the Peerage of Ireland
• William Og de Burgh (d. 1270), Irish chieftain
• William de Burgh (1741–1808), Irish theologian, politician and anti-slavery campaigner

Fictional characters

• Lady Catherine de Bourgh (character from Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice.

See also

• Burke
• House of Burke
• Clan Burke
• Clanricarde
• de Burgh-Canning
• Earl of Clanricarde
• Lord of Connaught
• Earl of Ulster