His younger son, the ninth Earl (who succeeded his elder brother Richard), fought in the army of James II of England (VII of Scotland), was created by him Baron Bourke of Bophin in 1689, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

His grandson, the eleventh Earl, assumed the ancient surname of de Burgh in lieu of Burke (or Bourke).

His eldest son, the twelfth Earl, was created Marquess of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789.

The same year, he was created Earl of Clanricarde (second creation) in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to his daughters Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh (wife of Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo) and Lady Emily de Burgh, and the heirs male of their bodies according to priority of birth.

On his death, in 1916, all the titles became extinct, except the second (1800) creation of the Earldom of Clanricarde, which passed according to the special remainder to his cousin, The 6th Marquess of Sligo.

He was the grandson of the aforementioned Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh and Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo.

The title of Viscount Bourke of Clanmories in the County of Mayo, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1629 for The Hon.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Christopher Ulick Browne, Earl of Altamont and Clanricarde (b.