The Right Honourable
The Earl of Mayo
Member of Parliament for Naas
In office
1768–1776
Serving with John Bourke
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
1760–1727
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin
In office
1761–1768
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born
John Bourke

1705 (1705)
Died1790 (aged 84–85)
NationalityIrish
Spouse
Mary Deane
​
(m. 1726)​
Children3, including:
John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
Parents
  • Richard Bourke
  • Catherine Minchin
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; circa 1705 – 1790), styled Lord Naas (/neɪs/; NAYSS) from 1775 to 1781 and Viscount Mayo from 1781 to 1785, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1727–60, 1768–72) and Old Leighlin (1760–68) and was created Earl of Mayo (1785).

Early life

Trinity College, Dublin.

He was the son of Richard Bourke and Catherine Minchin. He was descended from Gaelic nobles, and shared a common ancestor with Tibbot ne Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1]

Career

In 1727, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Naas, representing the seat in the Irish House of Commons until 1760. Between 1761 and 1768 he served as MP for Old Leighlin. He was re-elected for Naas in 1768, and held the seat until his elevation to the peerage in 1776. That year was created Baron Naas, of Naas in the County of Kildare, in the Peerage of Ireland.[2] He assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords, and on 13 January 1781 he was made Viscount Mayo, a title which had previously been held by his distant relations. On 24 June 1785 Bourke was made Earl of Mayo.[3]

Family

Bourke married Mary Deane, daughter of Joseph Deane and Margaret Boyle, in 1726.[4] Together they had three children. The Naas constituency was also represented by Bourke's son and grandson, the second and fourth earls.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Bourke, 1st 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)

References

  1. ↑ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p83: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  2. ↑ William Courthorpe, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p.566. (Retrieved 19 February 2016).
  3. ↑ William Courthorpe, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p.566. (Retrieved 19 February 2016).
  4. ↑ William Courthorpe, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, p.566. (Retrieved 19 February 2016).
  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.
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