John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, GCH, PC (Ire) (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; 18 June 1766 – 23 May 1849) was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas (/neɪs/; NAYSS) from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801.
The Earl of Mayo | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Representative Peer of Ireland 2 March 1816 – 23 May 1849 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Wicklow |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Lanesborough |
| Member of the Irish House of Lords | |
| Hereditary Peerage 20 August 1794 – 1 January 1801 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Bourke |
| Succeeded by | Abolition |
| Member of Parliament for Naas | |
| In office 1790–1794 Serving with | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | John Bourke 18 June 1766 |
| Died | 23 May 1849 (aged 82) Bersted Lodge, Sussex |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse |
Arabella Mackworth-Praed
(m. 1792–1843) |
| Children | None |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Richard Bourke (brother) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Kilkenny Militia |
Career
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He was the eldest son of Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (Archbishop of Tuam 1782–94) and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet.
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford from 1784, and later became a D.C.L. (1793). He also served as Colonel of the Kilkenny Militia.[1] He succeeded to his father's titles on the death of his father on 20 August 1794. Before the Act of Union, he was Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords; as compensation from the abolition of the House in 1801, he was awarded an annual pension of £1332.[2]
On 20 February 1810, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland and was elected an Irish representative peer on 2 March 1816. On 11 May 1819, he represented the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later William IV) at the baptism of Prince George of Cambridge in Hanover and was appointed a GCH that year.[2][3]
At the coronation of George IV on 19 July 1821, he carried the Standard of Hanover.[4]
Family
editOn 24 May 1792, Mayo had married Arabella Mackworth-Praed (1766–1843), daughter of William Mackworth Praed of Bitton House, Devon; they had no children. Arabella was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide.[5] He died at Bersted Lodge, South Bersted, Sussex, the home of Susan Smith (née Mackworth-Praed) his sister in law and widow of Thomas Smith of Bersted Lodge (brother of Sir John Smith Burgess, Bart), and his titles passed to his nephew, Robert.[2][6]
Honours and Arms
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1810–1849 | Privy Council of Ireland | PC (Ire) | |
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1819–1849 | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order |  |
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See also
edit- House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 5 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 281.
- ^ a b c "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. July 1849.
- ^ "Page 881 | Issue 17479, 22 May 1819 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "No. 17732". The London Gazette. 3 August 1821. p. 1604.
- ^ Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 5 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 281.
- ^ Census of England 6 June 1841 HO107/1099/1 folio 48 page 14
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.
Bibliography
edit- Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
