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See also:BURKE, See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:BERNARD (1814–1892) , See also:British genealogist, was See also:born in See also:London, on the 5th of See also:January 1814, and was educated in London and in See also:France. His See also:father, John Burke (1787–1848), was also a genealogist, and in 1826 issued a Genealogical and Heraldic See also:Dictionary of the See also:Peerage and Baronetage of the See also:United See also:Kingdom. This See also:work, generally known as Burke's Peerage, has been issued annually since 1847. While practising as a See also:barrister Bernard Burke assisted his father in his genealogical work, and in 1848 took See also:control of his publications. In 1853 he was appointed See also:Ulster See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king-at-arms; in 1854 he was knighted; and in 1855 he became keeper of the See also:state papers in See also:Ireland. After having devoted his See also:life to genealogical studies he died in See also:Dublin on the 12th of See also:December 1892. In addition to editing Burke's Peerage from 1847 to his See also:death, Burke brought out several See also:editions of a See also:companion See also:volume, Burke's Landed Gentry, which was first published between 1833 and 1838. In 1866 and 1883 he published editions of his father's Dictionary of the Peerages of See also:England, See also:Scotland and Ireland, See also:extinct, dormant and in See also:abeyance (earlier editions, 1831,1840, 1846); in 18J5 and 1876 editions of his Royal Families of England, Scotland and See also:Wales (1st edition, 1847–1851); and in 1878 and 1883 enlarged editions of his See also:Encyclopaedia of See also:Heraldry, or See also:General Armoury of England, Scotland and Ireland. Burke's own See also:works include The See also:Roll of See also:Battle See also:Abbey (1848); The See also:Romance of the See also:Aristocracy (1855); Vicissitudes of Families (1883 and several earlier editions); and The Rise of See also:Great Families (1882). He was succeeded as editor of Burke's Peerage and Landed Gentry by his See also:fourth son, Ashworth See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Burke.
End of Article: BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
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