Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde

The Right Honourable The Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire)
Ricard de Búrca
Governor of County Galway
In office 1616–1635
Lord President of Connaught
In office 1604–1616
Succeeded by	The Viscount Wilmot
Parliamentary Offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Hereditary Peerage (Viscount Tunbridge: 1624) (Earl of St Albans: 1628) 3 April 1624 – 12 November 1635 Preceded by New Creation Succeeded by Ulick Burke Member of the Irish House of Lords Hereditary Peerage 1601 – 12 November 1635 Preceded by Ulick Burke Succeeded by Ulick Burke
Personal details
Born	Richard Burke 1572 (1572)
Died	(1635-11-12)November 12, 1635
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Frances Walsingham
Children	Ulick, & others
Parents	Ulick, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde Honora Burke
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1593–1603
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Foot Regiment
Battles / wars	Nine Years' War Battle of Kinsale (1601)

Richard Burke (or de Burgh), 4th Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire) (/dəˈbɜːr ... klænˈrɪkɑːrd/ də-BUR ... klan-RIK-ard; 1572 – 12 November 1635), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/ dun-KEL-in) until 1601, was an Irish nobleman and politician.

He was the son of Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde. Knighted in 1602 for his exploits as leader of the English cavalry during the Battle of Kinsale, he would later serve as Lord President of Connaught from 1604 to 1616, Governor of Galway from 1616, and as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland (1625). Having established himself as the largest and most influential landowner in Connacht, his later life was characterized by animosity between him and an increasingly hostile and acquisitive Dublin government.