Edmund Burke was born on
New Year's Day 1729 (12 January New Style) in the family house in
Arran Quay, Dublin just two years after the accession of George II.
His father, Richard Burke, was a prominent lawyer, a member of the
Church of Ireland who had married a Catholic, Mary Nagle, in 1724.
Burke was one of four children, and the lucky timing of his
parent's mixed marriage meant that the family escaped the fiercely
discriminatory effects of the anti-catholic legislation enacted in
1733 that would have affected the religious and professional status
of Burke's father. The impact made on Burke by the …
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Citation: Williams, David. "Edmund Burke". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4892, accessed 05 June 2023.]
