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 religious circumstances of his …
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Citation: Williams, David. "Edmund Burke". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4892, accessed 26 November 2024.]
