John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo

Irish politician and peer c.1729–1792

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Succeeded by Personal detailsBorn
John Bourke

c.1729Died20 April 1792(1792-04-20) (aged 62–63)NationalityIrishSpouse
Lady Mary Leeson
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(m. 1764⁠–⁠1792)​
ChildrenNoneParentsAlma materTrinity College, Dublin

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

Trinity College, Dublin.

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]

Arms

Coat of arms of John Bourke, 2nd 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.[4][5]
Motto
A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
8. John Bourke
4. Richard Bourke
9. Catherine Fay
2. John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo
10. Charles Minchin
5. Catherine Minchin
11. Elizabeth Paulet
1. John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
12. Joseph Deane of Deanehill
6. Joseph Deane
13. Elizabeth Parker
3. Mary Deane
14. Colonel Henry Boyle
7. Margaret Boyle
15. Lady Mary O'Brien

See also

  • House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Citations

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  5. ^ 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
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
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