The Right Honourable
The Earl of Mayo
GCH PC (Ire)
Irish Representative Peer for Ireland
In office
1816–1849
Preceded byThe Earl of Wicklow
Succeeded byThe Earl of Lanesborough
Member of Parliament for Naas
In office
1790–1794
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
John Bourke

(1766-06-18)18 June 1766
Died23 May 1849(1849-05-23) (aged 82)
Bersted Lodge, Sussex
NationalityIrish
Spouse
Arabella Mackworth-Praed
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(m. 1792)​
ChildrenNone
Parents
RelativesRichard Bourke (brother)
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

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.

Career

Arabella Bourke (English School, circa 1810)

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 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.[1]

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.[1][2]

At the coronation of George IV on 19 July 1821, he carried the Standard of Hanover.[3]

Family

On 24 May 1792, Mayo had married Arabella Mackworth-Praed; they had no children. 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.[1][4]

Arms

Coat of arms of John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo
Crest
A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.
Escutcheon
Party per fess Or and Ermine, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable and the second with a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect gules
Supporters
On either side a Chevalier in complete Armour, holding in the exterior hand a Pole-Axe, all proper.[5][6]
Motto
A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)
Orders
Royal Guelphic Order

References

  1. ^ a b c Obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine, July 1849
  2. ^ "No. 17479". The London Gazette. 22 May 1819. p. 881.
  3. ^ "No. 17732". The London Gazette. 3 August 1821. p. 1604.
  4. ^ Census of England 6 June 1841 HO107/1099/1 folio 48 page 14
  5. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  6. ^ 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.
Parliament of Ireland Preceded byJohn Bourke, Lord Naas Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Bt Member of Parliament for Naas 1790–1794 With: John Bourke, Lord Naas 1790–1791James Bond 1791–1794 Succeeded bySir James Bond, 1st Bt George Damer, Viscount Milton Political offices Preceded byThe Earl of Wicklow Irish Representative Peer for Ireland 1816–1849 Succeeded byThe Earl of Lanesborough Peerage of Ireland Preceded byJoseph Bourke Earl of Mayo 1794–1849 Succeeded byRobert Bourke
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