Burgh (surname)

Burgh

Pronunciation	/ˈbʌrə,ˈbʌroʊ,bɜːr(ɡ)/ BURR-ə, BURR-oh, BUR(G)
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	French
Derivation	de Burgh
Meaning	"(of the) borough"
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Burgo/de Burgo, de Búrca, Burke, Bourke

Burgh is an Anglo-Norman surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Arms of Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh, at the time of his installation as a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Surname

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• Albert Burgh (1593–1647), Dutch physician

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• James Burgh (1714–1775), English Whig politician
• John Burgh (disambiguation), multiple people:
  • John Burgh I (fl. 1399), MP for Bodmin in 1399
  • John Burgh II (died 1434), MP for Surrey 1413–1416
  • John Burgh III (died 1436), MP for Rutland 1413–1415 and Leicestershire 1421 and 1433
  • John Burgh (MP for Brackley), see Brackley (UK Parliament constituency)
  • John Burgh (MP for Wallingford), see Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
  • John Burgh (civil servant) (died 2013), senior British civil servant and President of Trinity College, Oxford

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• Thomas Burgh (disambiguation), multiple people:
  • Thomas Burgh of Gainsborough (c.1431–1496), English peer and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1460
  • Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh (c.1488–1550), English peer and 5th Baron Strabolgi
  • Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh (c.1558–1597), English peer, 7th Baron Strabolgi, Lord Deputy of Ireland 1597
  • Thomas Burgh (1670–1730) or de Burgh, Irish military engineer, architect, MP and Surveyor General of Ireland
  • Thomas Burgh (Lanesborough MP) (1696–1758), Anglo-Irish politician and MP
  • Thomas Burgh (died 1759) (1707–1759), Irish politician and MP
  • Thomas Burgh (1754–1832), Irish politician and MP
  • Thomas Burgh (MP died 1810), Irish politician and MP for Kilbeggan, Clogher and Fore
  • Thomas Burgh (priest) (1786–1845), Dean of Cloyne

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• Ulysses Burgh (1632–1692), Irish Anglican cleric and Bishop of Ardagh
• Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes (1788−1864) Irish soldier and politician

See also

• de Burgh, surname
• DeBerg, surname
• Burke (disambiguation)
• de Burgh-Canning
• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
• Clanricarde (Mac William Uachtar/Upper Mac William) or Galway (Upper Connaught) Burkes
• Earl of Clanricarde, earldom in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1543 and 1800
• Lord of Connaught, title claimed in the Peerage of Ireland
• Earl of Ulster, earldom created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1264
• Bourke (disambiguation)
• Burgo (disambiguation)
• De Burghs Bridge, road bridge in Sydney, Australia
• Bourg (disambiguation)
• Dubourg, surname