John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde
John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde, was an Irish peer.
Lord John Smith Burke was born to Michael Burke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde and his wife Anne Smith in 1720. He was the couple's fourth and last child, and the heir to the earldom, having two older sisters. An older brother had died in infancy. He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1726, at the age of six.
In 1740, he married Hester Amelia Vincent, daughter of Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet of Stoke d'Abernon. He changed his name to de Burgh by deed poll in 1752.
The couple had four children:
Lord Clanricarde was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753. He was a Privy Counsellor of Ireland for eight days in 1761, being struck off the list of the Council on 16 July.
He died in April 1782 at Portumna Castle, County Galway and was buried in the Dominican friary, Athenry.
