Sir Bernard Burke
14 books
Biography
John Bernard Burke, CB, was the pre-eminent geneologist and armourer of his time studying the British nobility.
Bernard was the son of John Burke (1787-1848), who was the author of the "Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom", usually referred to as simply "Burke`s Peerage". First assisting his father, he later took editorial control of the work and greatly expanded it following his death.
"Burke's Landed Gentry" (183x)
"Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance" (1866)
"Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales (1847-51)
"Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armoury of England, Scotland and Ireland" (1878 and 1883)
Bernard's own works included
"The Roll of Battle Abbey (1848)
"The Romance of the Aristocracy" (1855)
"Vicissitudes of Families" (1883 and earlier)
"The Rise of Great Families" (1882)
Following Bernard's death, the work was continued by Ashworth Peter Burke, his fourth son.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Burke]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/239/000102930/]
Bernard was the son of John Burke (1787-1848), who was the author of the "Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom", usually referred to as simply "Burke`s Peerage". First assisting his father, he later took editorial control of the work and greatly expanded it following his death.
"Burke's Landed Gentry" (183x)
"Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance" (1866)
"Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales (1847-51)
"Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, or General Armoury of England, Scotland and Ireland" (1878 and 1883)
Bernard's own works included
"The Roll of Battle Abbey (1848)
"The Romance of the Aristocracy" (1855)
"Vicissitudes of Families" (1883 and earlier)
"The Rise of Great Families" (1882)
Following Bernard's death, the work was continued by Ashworth Peter Burke, his fourth son.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Burke]
*[http://www.nndb.com/people/239/000102930/]
Books by Sir Bernard Burke
Genealogical and Heraldic Dict
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland For 1852
Genealogical and Heraldic Dict
Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland; Volume 1
Genealogical and Heraldic Hist
Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland; Volume 2
Genealogical History of the Do
Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire
Selection of Arms Authorized b
Selection of Arms Authorized by the Laws of Heraldry
Visitation of the Seats and Ar
Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain; Volume 2
Genealogical and Heraldic Hist
Genealogical and Heraldic History of Colonial Gentry
Second Series of Vicissitudes
Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families
Book of Orders of Knighthood a
Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of All Nations, Comprising a Historical Account of Each Order, Military, Naval, and Civil, from the Earliest to the Present Time, with Lists of the Knights and Companions of Each British Order . .
The Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of All Nations, Comprising a Historical Account of Each Order, Military, Naval, and Civil, ... and Companions of Each British Order ..
Visitation of the Seats and Ar
Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain
Anecdotes of the Aristocracy and Episodes in Ancestral Story
A selection of arms authorized
A selection of arms authorized by the laws of heraldry, with annotations
The General Armory of England
The General Armory of England Scotland Ireland and Wales Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time )