Sir Bernard Burke
Description
John Bernard Burke, CB, was the pre-eminent geneologist and armourer of his time studying the British nobility. Bernard was the son of John Burke (1787-1848), who was the author of the "Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom", usually referred to as simply "Burke`s Peerage". First assisting his father, he later took editorial control of the work and greatly expanded it following his death. "Burke's Landed Gentry" (183x) "Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance" (1866) "Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales (1847-51) "Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armoury of England, Scotland and Ireland" (1878 and 1883) Bernard's own works included "The Roll of Battle Abbey (1848) "The Romance of the Aristocracy" (1855) "Vicissitudes of Families" (1883 and earlier) "The Rise of Great Families" (1882) Following Bernard's death, the work was continued by Ashworth Peter Burke, his fourth son.
Books
A genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage and baronetage, the Privy Council, knightage and companionage
A genological history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British empire
This is not a copy of:A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. But acopy of the book, The Amateur Actor!
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
Burke's Irish family records
Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, Fifth Edition 2008 Reprint of 1976 Edition ISBN 9780850110500 / 0850110505 DOI 10.5118/bifr.1976 Hard copy and CD-ROM editions also available from the Burke's Peerage Store. Burke’s Landed Gentry has long been an invaluable genealogical guide to notable families and their histories throughout the British Isles. Burke’s Irish Family Records is a reprint of the Fifth Edition of Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland that was first published in 1976. This genealogical reference work details the descendants of 500 notable Irish families whether living in Ireland or settled abroad and is probably the largest collection of Irish genealogies ever published in a single volume.