John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo

The Right Honourable The Earl of Mayo GCH PC (Ire)
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
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 Serving with John Bourke, Lord Naas James Bond
Preceded by	John Bourke, Lord Naas Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, 1st Bt
Succeeded by	Sir James Bond, 1st Bt George Damer, Viscount Milton
Personal details
Born	John Bourke (1766-06-18)18 June 1766
Died	23 May 1849(1849-05-23) (aged 82) Bersted Lodge, Sussex
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Arabella Mackworth-Praed ​ ​ (m. 1792⁠–⁠1843)​
Children	None
Parents	Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo Elizabeth Meade
Relatives	Richard Bourke (brother)
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Kilkenny 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 (/neɪs/; NAYSS) from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801.

Career

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. 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.

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.

At the coronation of George IV on 19 July 1821, he carried the Standard of Hanover.

Family

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. 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.

Honours and Arms

Honours

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

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. Motto A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross) Orders Royal Guelphic Order

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo
8. Richard Bourke 4. John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo 9. Catherine Minchin 2. Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo 10. Joseph Deane 5. Mary Deane 11. Margaret Boyle 1. John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo 12. Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet 6. Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet 13. Hon. Elizabeth Butler 3. Elizabeth Meade 14. Henry Prittie 7. Catherine Prittie 15. Elizabeth Harrison

See also

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

References

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.
• Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
• 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.