John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
Irish politician and peer c.1729–1792
- Richard Burgh
- Maurice Keating
John Bourke
c.1729
Lady Mary Leeson
(m. 1764–1792)- John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo
- Mary Deane
John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; circa 1729 – 20 April 1792), styled Lord Naas (/neɪs/; NAYSS) until 1790, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1763–90).
Career
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Bourke was the son of John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane, daughter of Joseph Deane. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1]
He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Naas between 1763 and 1790. That year he inherited his father's titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.[2]
Family
He married Lady Mary Leeson (1734–1809), daughter of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and Cecilia Leigh, in February 1764. He died without issue.[3]
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See also
- House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
References
Citations
- ^ Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co. p. 83.
- ^ Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 566.
- ^ 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. 280.
- ^ 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
- 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.
- Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co.
- 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.
- Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 566.
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
Parliament of Ireland | ||
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Preceded by Richard Burgh Maurice Keating | Member of Parliament for Naas 1763–1790 With: Maurice Keating (1763–1768) John Bourke (1768–1777) Thomas Allan (1777–1783) Hugh Carleton (1783–1787) Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, Bt. (1787–1790) John Bourke (1790–1791) | Succeeded by |
Peerage of Ireland | ||
Preceded by | Earl of Mayo 1785–1790 | Succeeded by |