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Irish politician and peer (1766–1849) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Bourke 18 June 1766 |
Died | 23 May 1849 82) Bersted Lodge, Sussex | (aged
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 |
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]
On 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]
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominals |
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United Kingdom | 1810–1849 | Privy Council of Ireland | PC (Ire) | |
United Kingdom | 1819–1849 | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order | GCH | |
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