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Thomas Burgh

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Family Tree magazine, vol.3 no.8 (June 1987), p.7 (ancestry of Chris de Burgh).

Thomas Burgh (see here), born 1670,
Surveyor General of Ireland,
descendant of Edward I,
mar Mary Smyth and had issue:

Thomas Burgh,
mar 2ndly to Katherine Wolseley and had issue:

Thomas Burgh,
mar Florinda Gardiner [descendant of Edward I, see descent and descent by Leo van de Pas],
had issue:

Rev. Thomas Burgh,
mar Anna Hely-Hutchinson and had issue:

Thomas de Burgh,
mar Jane Campbell-Graham and had issue:

Thomas de Burgh,
mar Emily de Robeck and had issue:

Sir Eric de Burgh, born 1881.
He mar Mary Fanshawe [descendant of James IV, King of Scotland and hence of Edward III].
See descent of Mary from James IV, King of Scotland, by George Larson.
See descent of Mary from James II, King of Scotland, and hence from Edward III, by George Larson.
See another descent of her from Edward III by Leo van de Pas.
See another descent of her from Edward I by George Larson.
Note Larson's charts have an error in the name of the husband of Olivia Nichola Dobbs.
Sir Eric and Mary had issue:

Maeve de Burgh, born 1926,
mar Charles Davison and had issue:

1. Chris de Burgh, the musician,
   born 1948, had issue:
   1. Rosanna Davison, born 1984, model.

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• De Burgh of Oldtown by Turtle Bunbury

• Rosanna Davison's ancestry was traced on "Who Do You Think You Are?", RTE TV, 28 Sept 2009. This re-stated the disproved story of male-line descent from the half-brother of William the Conqueror. This was unnecessary since through female lines there are direct, proven descents from William the Conqueror himself (and from later monarchs).