Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created, in 1785, for John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo. For many years he served as "First Commissioner of Revenue" in Ireland. He had already been created Baron Naas, of Naas in the county of Kildare, in 1776, and Viscount Mayo, of Moneycrower in the county of Mayo, in 1781, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
Earl of Clanricarde is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, first in 1543 and again in 1800. The former creation became extinct in 1916 while the 1800 creation is extant and held by the Marquess of Sligo since 1916.
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, was a British polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the Governor of Madras from 1866 to 1872. He also acted as the Governor-General of India from February to May 1872.
Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Governor of Madras (1886–90).
The House of Burgh or Burke was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and Kings of England via a matrilineal line.
Colonel Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl was an Irish peer, British Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire (1895–1906).
Viscount Mayo is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the Bourke family. The first creation came in 1627 in favour of Tiobóid na Long Bourke, also known as Theobald Bourke. He was the son of Sir Richard Bourke, 18th lord of Mac William Iochtar, and Gráinne O'Malley. Miles, the 2nd Viscount, was created a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in c. 1638.
Terence Patrick Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo spent much of his life in England, before moving to Ireland and finally France. He was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, ran a printing company, stood for parliament, managed a marble quarrying company in Ireland, and finally bred deer in south-west France.
George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, was a British soldier and hereditary peer.
William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam,, styled Hon. William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1815–1835, and Viscount Milton 1835–1857, was a British peer, nobleman, and Liberal Party politician.
Events in the year 1872 in India.
Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Lord Naas 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).
John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde was an Irish soldier and peer who was a colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland.
Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo was an Irish peer and cleric who held several high offices in the Church of Ireland including Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1772–82) and Archbishop of Tuam (1782–94).
Sher Ali Afridi was an Indian soldier of Pashtun background, convicted of murder and imprisoned at the penal colony of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. He is known for assassinating Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, on 8 February 1872. The British sources described him as a "fearless soldier and one who would have been selected for any service of danger".
John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo, styled Lord Naas from 1775 to 1781 and Viscount Mayo from 1781 to 1785, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas and Old Leighlin (1760–68) and was created Earl of Mayo (1785).
John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo, styled Lord Naas until 1790, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1763–90).
Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It is not to be confused with the title Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Scotland. The two titles refer to different places: the Aran Islands in Ireland, and the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The Irish earldom is held by the Gore family. The Scottish earldom is a separate title, held as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Hamilton.
William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty, 4th Marquess of Heusden was an Irish peer of the House of Lords, a Dutch nobleman, and a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace of County Galway. He was known for the controversy that ensued after a petition for divorce was argued in 1890, which was based on an affidavit accusing his wife at the time, Belle Bilton, of adultery.
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, was assassinated on 8 February 1872 by Sher Ali Afridi, a disgruntled Indian soldier of Afghan Muslim background, who had been convicted of murder and condemned to penal servitude. The assassination occurred at the penal settlement of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India. It was the first, and only, time a Governor-General of India was assassinated.
