Burkean

The Right Honourable Edmund Burke
Painting of Edmund Burke MP c. 1767, studio of Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
Rector of the University of Glasgow
In office 1783–1785
Preceded by	Henry Dundas
Succeeded by	Robert Graham Bontine
Paymaster of the Forces
In office 16 April 1783 – 8 January 1784
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Duke of Portland William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	Isaac Barré
Succeeded by	William Grenville
In office 10 April 1782 – 1 August 1782
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Rockingham
Preceded by	Richard Rigby
Succeeded by	Isaac Barré
Member of the British Parliament for Malton
In office 18 October 1780 – 20 June 1794 Serving with William Weddell, Thomas Gascoigne, George Damer
Preceded by	Savile Finch
Succeeded by	Richard Burke Jr.
Member of the British Parliament for Bristol
In office 4 November 1774 – 6 September 1780 Serving with Henry Cruger
Preceded by	Matthew Brickdale
Succeeded by	Henry Lippincott
Member of the British Parliament for Wendover
In office December 1765 – 5 October 1774 Serving with Richard Chandler-Cavendish, Robert Darling, Joseph Bullock
Preceded by	Verney Lovett
Succeeded by	John Adams
Personal details
Born	(1729-01-12)12 January 1729 12 Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Died	9 July 1797(1797-07-09) (aged 68) Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain
Political party	Whig (Rockinghamite)
Spouse(s)	Jane Mary Nugent (m. 1757; his d. 1797)
Children	Richard Burke Jr.
Alma mater	Trinity College
Occupation	Writer, politician, journalist, philosopher
Philosophy career
Notable work	Reflections on the Revolution in France
Era	18th–19th century
Region	Western philosophy
School	Whiggism (original)
Main interests	Social and political philosophy
Notable ideas	Conservatism
Influences Plato Aristotle Socrates David Hume Adam Smith Cicero John Locke Saint Augustine Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas More Richard Hooker Edward Coke Thomas Hobbes Rene Descartes Montesquieu Joshua Reynolds William Blackstone Niccolo Machiavelli Isaac Newton Blaise Pascal Dante Alighieri Samuel Johnson
Influenced Alvin Plantinga Robert Peel John Stuart Mill Immanuel Kant J.R.R. Tolkien William Godwin Lord Acton G.K. Chesterton William Ewart Gladstone Lord Salisbury Russell Kirk Karl Popper C.S. Lewis John Henry Newman John Maynard Keynes Friedrich Hayek Roger Scruton George Orwell William Wordsworth Joseph de Maistre Hannah Arendt Winston Churchill Ray Bradbury Ronald Reagan William F. Buckley Matthew Arnold Margaret Thatcher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Thomas Sowell Peter Hitchens Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald Aldous Huxley Søren Kierkegaard William Butler Yeats

Edmund Burke (/bɜːrk/; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Irishstatesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who, after moving to London, served as a member of parliament (MP) for many years in the House of Commons with the Whig Party.

Burke criticized British treatment of the American colonies, including through its taxation policies. He also supported the American Revolution, believing both that it couldn't affect British or European stability and would be an innovative experiment in political development because the Americas were so far away from Europe and thus could have little impact on England. Burke is remembered for his support for Catholic emancipation, the impeachment of Warren Hastings from the East India Company, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. In his Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burke claimed that the revolution was destroying the fabric of good society, and condemned the persecution of the Catholic Church that resulted from it. This led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig Party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", as opposed to the pro–French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox.