Peerage Record – 50091

     Oscar Otto Burke is the son of Martin Burke and Sabrina Emma Dissen.¹

     Sidney Cowper Philpot was baptised on 21 November 1844 at Canterbury, Kent, England^G.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Philpot and Hope Cirlin.¹ He married, firstly, Ellen Palmer Witherden, daughter of Charlotte Ellen Witherden, on 7 October 1865 at Ramsgate, Kent, England^G.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Ann Penhall in 1895 at Victoria, Australia.¹ He died on 11 June 1912 at age 67 at Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia.¹ He was buried on 13 June 1912 at Boroondara General Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.²

     Ellen Palmer Witherden was born on 23 May 1847 at Margate, Kent, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Charlotte Ellen Witherden.¹ She married, firstly, Sidney Cowper Philpot, son of Jonathan Philpot and Hope Cirlin, on 7 October 1865 at Ramsgate, Kent, England^G.¹ She died on 25 December 1910 at age 63 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia^G.¹
     From 7 October 1865, her married name became Philpot.¹ She and James Robert Thackeray were associated.¹

     Geraldine Lushington was born in 1865 at Royston, Hertfordshire, England^G.² She was the daughter of Sir Henry Lushington, 3rd Bt. and Eliza Hannah Shelley.³ She died on 15 January 1937 at Royston, Hertfordshire, England^G, unmarried.^1,2

     Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington was born on 12 December 1803.¹ He was the son of Sir Henry Lushington, 2nd Bt. and Fanny Maria Lewis.² He married Henrietta Prescott, daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Prescott and Mary Ann Charlotte d‘Auvergne, in 1841.¹ He died on 28 May 1877 at age 73.¹
     He fought in the Capture of Sebastopol, as commander of a naval brigade on shore.¹ He was awarded the Commandeur, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹
He was awarded the Knight, Order of St. Louis the Redeemer.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹ He was Superintendant of the Indian Navy.¹ He was Commander-in-Chief of the South American station.¹

     Admiral Sir Henry Prescott was born in 1783.² He married Mary Ann Charlotte d‘Auvergne, daughter of Vice-Admiral Philippe d‘Auvergne.² He died on 18 November 1874.²
     He held the office of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)² He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)¹

     Henrietta Prescott was born in 1818 at Surrey, England.² She was the daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Prescott and Mary Ann Charlotte d‘Auvergne.^3,2 She married Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, son of Sir Henry Lushington, 2nd Bt. and Fanny Maria Lewis, in 1841.¹ She died on 22 September 1875.¹
     From 1841, her married name became Lushington.

     Henrietta Lushington was the daughter of Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington and Henrietta Prescott.² She died on 15 December 1902, unmarried.¹

     Agnes Lushington was the daughter of Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington and Henrietta Prescott.² She married Henry Kirke on 19 May 1864.¹ She died on 28 July 1916.¹
     From 19 May 1864, her married name became Kirke.

     Henry Kirke married Agnes Lushington, daughter of Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington and Henrietta Prescott, on 19 May 1864.¹ He died on 9 July 1925.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹