Burke, Edmund (–97), politician and philosopher, was born 12 January (per the Gregorian calendar) in Dublin, second son among four surviving children of Richard Burke (d. ), an attorney of the court of exchequer, and his wife Mary (c. –), fourth child and eldest daughter of Garret Nagle of Ballyduff, Co. Cork. Edmund's siblings were Garret (c. –65), Juliana (