Michael was the 3rd son of Michael Burke and his wife Sarah Morgan. He died unmarried on 9 June 1846 according to the announcement in The Times or the 10th according to Gentleman's Magazine, which states that he was buried in Weston super Mare on the 16th (though that may be simply a mention on his father's gravestone).
He was educated at King's Inns, Dublin, in 1801; he was a magistrate for Co. Galway and a collector of excise.
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