Burgh, HUBERT DE, from 1215 to 1232 was the patriotic Justiciar of England, for the last four years the virtual ruler of the realm, but now is chiefly remembered as the jailer of Prince Arthur (q.v.). He was created Earl of Kent in 1227, and died at Banstead, Surrey, 12th May 1243. Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, who died at Galway in 1291, was his grand-nephew.
Burgh, HUBERT DE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 554
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