Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo KP PC (Ire) (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; 2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Lord Naas (/neɪs/; NAYSS) from 1867 to 1872, who served as an Irish representative peer in the British House of Lords (1890–1921) and member of the Senate of Southern Ireland (1921–1922) and Seanad Éireann (1922–1927).
The Earl of Mayo | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 11 December 1922 – 31 December 1927 | |
| Senate of Southern Ireland | |
| In office May 1921 – 27 May 1922 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| as an Irish representative peer 14 July 1890 – 31 December 1927 | |
| Preceded by | The 6th Earl of Milltown |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke 1 July 1851 |
| Died | 31 December 1927 (aged 76) London, England |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse |
Geraldine Sarah Ponsonby
(m. 1885) |
| Parent |
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| Education | Eton College |
Life edit
He succeeded as Earl of Mayo on the death of his father Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo in 1872. In 1890 he was elected as an Irish representative peer and took his seat in the House of Lords.[1] He was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 3 February 1905.
He was one of the four landlord representatives during the 1902 Land Conference. Between 1921 and 1922 he served in the Senate of Southern Ireland. He was nominated by W. T. Cosgrave to the Seanad of the Irish Free State on its formation in 1922. He was nominated for 12 years and served until his death in 1927.[2]
He owned 7,800 acres mostly in Kildare and Meath.[3]
Family edit
In 1885, he married Geraldine Sarah Ponsonby (d. 29 November 1944), who was the granddaughter of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and the great-granddaughter of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry.
Works edit
- Sport In Abyssinia: Or The Mareb And Tackazzee. London: John Murray, 1876.
Arms edit
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References edit
- ^ Maume, Patrick. "Bourke, Dermot Robert Wyndham-". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Dermot Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. pp. – via Wikisource.
