Mary de burgh was the daughter of General Sir Edward Fanshawe (1859–1952), KCB, of Rathmore, Naas, and Frances Anne Rose Higginson (1869–1950).
Her siblings were:
Edward Leighton Fanshawe (1901–1982)
Robert Macaulay Fanshawe (b. 1904)
Richard Gennys Fanshawe (1906–1988)
Joan Ellen Metcalf Fanshawe (b. 1910)
She married Eric De Burgh on 31 Oct 1923 in Naas, Ireland. Eric de Burgh served in the Boer War as a teenager, joined the Indian Army in 1904, won a DSO in 1916. He rose steadily through the ranks to become General of the British Army in India in 1939.
The couple had:
Maeve Emily de Burgh (1926–2007)
Rosemary Millicent De Burgh (1930–1997)
The de Burgh surname has been variously spelled as "De Burgh," "deBurgh," "Burgh" and "Bourke."
Her siblings were:
Edward Leighton Fanshawe (1901–1982)
Robert Macaulay Fanshawe (b. 1904)
Richard Gennys Fanshawe (1906–1988)
Joan Ellen Metcalf Fanshawe (b. 1910)
She married Eric De Burgh on 31 Oct 1923 in Naas, Ireland. Eric de Burgh served in the Boer War as a teenager, joined the Indian Army in 1904, won a DSO in 1916. He rose steadily through the ranks to become General of the British Army in India in 1939.
The couple had:
Maeve Emily de Burgh (1926–2007)
Rosemary Millicent De Burgh (1930–1997)
The de Burgh surname has been variously spelled as "De Burgh," "deBurgh," "Burgh" and "Bourke."
Mary de burgh was the daughter of General Sir Edward Fanshawe (1859–1952), KCB, of Rathmore, Naas, and Frances Anne Rose Higginson (1869–1950).
Her siblings were:
Edward Leighton Fanshawe (1901–1982)
Robert Macaulay Fanshawe (b. 1904)
Richard Gennys Fanshawe (1906–1988)
Joan Ellen Metcalf Fanshawe (b. 1910)
She married Eric De Burgh on 31 Oct 1923 in Naas, Ireland. Eric de Burgh served in the Boer War as a teenager, joined the Indian Army in 1904, won a DSO in 1916. He rose steadily through the ranks to become General of the British Army in India in 1939.
The couple had:
Maeve Emily de Burgh (1926–2007)
Rosemary Millicent De Burgh (1930–1997)
The de Burgh surname has been variously spelled as "De Burgh," "deBurgh," "Burgh" and "Bourke."
Her siblings were:
Edward Leighton Fanshawe (1901–1982)
Robert Macaulay Fanshawe (b. 1904)
Richard Gennys Fanshawe (1906–1988)
Joan Ellen Metcalf Fanshawe (b. 1910)
She married Eric De Burgh on 31 Oct 1923 in Naas, Ireland. Eric de Burgh served in the Boer War as a teenager, joined the Indian Army in 1904, won a DSO in 1916. He rose steadily through the ranks to become General of the British Army in India in 1939.
The couple had:
Maeve Emily de Burgh (1926–2007)
Rosemary Millicent De Burgh (1930–1997)
The de Burgh surname has been variously spelled as "De Burgh," "deBurgh," "Burgh" and "Bourke."
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Mary De Burgh
greatly loved wife
of Major General Eric De Burgh
born 6 march 1895
died 14 June 1934
Dear in God's peace I leave thee, Faith and Prayer
shall link my life in love to thee always
A true brave heart God Bless thee where so 'er
in his wide universe thou art today
and of her devoted husband
General Sir Eric De Burgh
Born 10th May 1881
died 6th February 1973
at the going down of th eSun
and in the morning
We will remember them
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