Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde
Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin | |
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Succeeded by | Mitchell Henry |
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Born | 30 November 1832 |
Died | 12 April 1916 | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (brother) (sister) |
Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (English:
Early life
Hubert was the son of
After the death of his elder brother,
Career
Hubert de Burgh-Canning was unmourned in Ireland, where he had a reputation as one of the worst and most repressive
Clanricarde's opposition to the plan was so obdurate that an Irish minister commented: "... what right has Clanricarde to be treated better than a lunatic or an orphan?" His land agent John Henry Blake was murdered in 1882. In 1888 the Earl wrote to Chief Secretary Balfour "the western Irish cannot be kept up to their contracts without the threat of eviction".[4]
Upon the suggestion of Arthur Balfour, the Irish members of parliament submitted a bill to parliament for the expropriation of his estates. The Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman approved the bill and denounced Clanricarde in parliament in a way described as 'scathing'. Never had Clanicarde visited his estates, despite the many thousands of families that had been evicted from them during that time, resulting in mass destitution. "So universal is the execration in which this particular nobleman is held by people of every political party that when the question of this bill was put to the vote by the speaker, liberals, liberal unionists and conservatives all voted with the Irish party, only three of the nearly 700 members of the House of Commons opposing the vote, which would otherwise have been unanimous."[5]
From 1891 onwards the Congested Districts Board attempted to compulsorily purchase the estate but were not successful until 1915.[6]
Death
He died in 1916, aged 83, a resident of 13 Hanover Square, London, and was buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery, London. His probate was sworn in that year at £2,500,000 (equivalent to about £180,300,000 in 2021).[7][2] At his death, his vast fortune devolved upon his sister's grandson, Henry, Viscount Lascelles, who in 1922 went on to marry Princess Mary.[8]
Upon his death, his peerages became extinct, save the second creation of the earldom of Clanricarde, which passed by special remainder to the 6th Marquess of Sligo.
Arms
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References
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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- ^ "Viscount Burke (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Notes on Clanricarde during the Campaign
- ^ Cunliffe-Owen, Margarete Letter of Marquis de Fontenoy, "Chicago Tribune, 18 December 1906
- ^ "The Clanricarde Estate". Moving Here. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
- ^ "The Royal Wedding: Princess Mary married to Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey". The Barrier Miner. 1 March 1922. Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.