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John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo

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The Earl of Mayo
Member of the House of Lords
Representative Peer of Ireland
2 March 1816 – 23 May 1849
Preceded byThe Earl of Wicklow
Succeeded byThe Earl of Lanesborough
Member of the Irish House of Lords
Hereditary Peerage
20 August 1794 – 1 January 1801
Preceded byJoseph Bourke
Succeeded byAbolition
Member of Parliament for Naas
In office
1790–1794
Serving with
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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
(m. 1792⁠–⁠1843)
ChildrenNone
Parents
RelativesRichard Bourke (brother)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankColonel
UnitKilkenny Militia

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 (/ns/; NAYSS) from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801.

Career

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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 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

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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]

Honours and Arms

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Honours

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Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominals
 United Kingdom 1810–1849 Privy Council of Ireland PC (Ire)
 United Kingdom 1819–1849 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order GCH

Arms

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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.[7][8]
Motto
A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)
Orders
Royal Guelphic Order

Ancestry

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. July 1849.
  3. ^ "Page 881 | Issue 17479, 22 May 1819 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. ^ "No. 17732". The London Gazette. 3 August 1821. p. 1604.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Census of England 6 June 1841 HO107/1099/1 folio 48 page 14
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  8. ^ 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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1816–1849
Succeeded by
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Naas
1790–1794
With: John Bourke, Lord Naas 1790–1791
James Bond 1791–1794
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Mayo
1794–1849
Succeeded by