Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Clanricarde
KP PC
The Most Honourable The Marquess of Clanricarde KP PC
	The Marquess of Clanricarde
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; 3 February 1858 – 21 February 1858
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded by	The Earl of Harrowby
Succeeded by	The Earl of Hardwicke
Postmaster General
	In office; 7 July 1846 – 21 February 1852
Prime Minister	Lord John Russell
Preceded by	The Earl of St Germans
Succeeded by	The Earl of Hardwicke
British Ambassador to Russia
	In office; 1838–1840
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Earl of Durham
Succeeded by	The Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
	In office; 1 December 1830 – 16 July 1834
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey
Preceded by	The Earl of Macclesfield
Succeeded by	The Earl of Gosford
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 2 January 1826 – 17 August 1826 Serving with The Lord Howard de Walden
Monarch	George IV
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Lord Howard de Walden; Lord Francis Conyngham;
Succeeded by	The Lord Howard de Walden
Preceded by
Honorary Appointments
Lord Lieutenant of Galway
	In office; 1831–1874
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	The Lord Clonbrock
Vice-Admiral of Connaught
	In office; 1841–1847
Preceded by
Parliamentary Offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Hereditary Peerage (Baron Somerhill); 13 December 1826 – 10 April 1874
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Hubert de Burgh-Canning
Personal details
Born	Ulick John de Burgh; 20 December 1802; Belmont, Hampshire
Died	10 April 1874 (aged 71); Stratton Street, Piccadilly, London
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory; Whig;
Spouse	Hon. Harriet Canning (m. 1825)
Children	7
Parents	John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde; Elizabeth Burke;
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1831–1874
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Galway Militia

Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP PC (English: /ˈjuːlɪk/; English: /dˈbɜːrɡ/; YOO-lik; d’-BERG; English: /klænˈrɪkɑːrd/; klan-RIK-ard; 20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874), styled Lord Dunkellin (/dʌnˈkɛlɪn/; dun-KELL-in) until 1808 and the Earl of Clanricarde from 1808 until 1825, was a British Whig politician who served as British Ambassador to Russia (1838–40), Postmaster General (1846–52) and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1858).