Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo

Last updated
The Viscount Mayo
Member of the Irish House of Lords
Hereditary Peerage
1649–1653

Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo (died 15 January 1653) was an Irish soldier, landowner, member of the Irish House of Commons, and peer. As Viscount Mayo in the peerage of Ireland, he had a seat in the Irish House of Lords from 1649 until his death.

Contents

Life

The son and heir of Miles Burke, 2nd Viscount Mayo, by his first wife Honora, Bourke was reported to have been educated at Oxford, which at the time was open only to Anglicans. Like his father, he was said to have been created a Baronet (Scotland) about 1638. As Sir Theobald Bourke, he was one of the two Members of Parliament for County Mayo from 1640 to 1649, when he succeeded his father in the Lords; he distinguished himself in the Royal cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [1]

He married twice: firstly after September 1634, Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of Thomas Talbot and Anne Fleetwood; secondly Eleanor, daughter of Sir Luke FitzGerald, of Tecroghan, County Meath, by Mary, daughter of Nicholas, 1st Viscount Netterville. [1]

He had four children with Elizabeth Talbot; his heir Theobald Bourke the fourth Viscount Mayo, Miles Bourke the fifth Viscount Mayo, Margaret Bourke who married Sir Henry Lynch, 3rd Baronet, and Maud Bourke.

His daughter Maud married Colonel John Browne who built the first Westport House. [2]

Execution

In December 1652, Mayo was found guilty by Cromwell's High Court of Justice in Connaught, of murders committed in the 'late rebellion', and was “ shot to death,” 15 January I652/3, at Galway, and buried there. [3] His widow died in 1693.

Arms

Coat of arms of Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo
Arms of Bourke of Mayo.svg
Crest
On a Chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a Lion sejant Argent, langued Gules, ducally gorged Or.
Escutcheon
Party per fess Or and Ermine, a cross gules, in the first quarter a lion rampant sable and in the 2nd a dexter Hand affrontée, both Sable.
Supporters
Dexter: A Harpy guardant wings and lions body Or, human face neck chest and hair proper, armed Gules;
Sinister: A Man in Armour to the middle of his thigh, Sword proper, suspended from a Belt Gules, about his head a square White Band, sandles Sable, in the exterior hand a Battle-Axe proper. [4] [5]
Motto
A CRUCE SALUS(Salvation from the Cross)

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Mayo</span> Title in the Peerage of Ireland

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Clanricarde</span> Title 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Burgh</span> Ancient Anglo-Norman dynasty

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.

<i>The Complete Peerage</i> Set of books by G. E. Cokayne and others

The Complete Peerage ; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by Vicary Gibbs et al.) is a comprehensive work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Bourke of Castleconnell</span> Title in the Peerage of Ireland

Baron Bourke of Castleconnell was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 16 May 1580 for Sir William Bourke. The eighth baron was attainted and the barony forfeited in 1691.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viscount Mayo</span> Title twice created in the Peerage of Ireland

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.

John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, GCH, PC (Ire) was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801.

Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo KP PC (Ire) 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).

Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, styled Lord Dunkellin until 1582, was an Irish peer who was the son of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde and Margaret O'Brien.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde</span> Irish noble (d. after 1708)

Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde PC (Ire) ; styled Lord Dunkellin until 1687; was an Irish peer who served as Custos Rotulorum of Galway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde</span> Irish noble (1642–1722)

John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde ; 1642–1722) was an Irish soldier and peer who was a colonel during the Williamite War in Ireland.

John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde, styled Lord Dunkellin until 1726, was an Irish peer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seaán mac Oliver Bourke</span> Irish chieftain, noble, 17th Mac William Íochtar and Baron Ardenerie (d.1580)

Seaán mac Oliver (John) Bourke, 17th Mac William Íochtar was an Irish noble who was created Baron Ardenerie (1580).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass</span> English nobleman

Thomas Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Ardglass, was an English nobleman, the only son of Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass of Ilam, Staffordshire and Mary Russell. He held the subsidiary titles of 3rd Viscount Lecale and 6th Baron Cromwell of Oakham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo</span> Irish peer and Church of Ireland bishop (1736–1794)

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).

Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim, was an Irish peer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baron Bourke of Brittas</span> Title in the Peerage of Ireland

Baron Bourke of Brittas, of the County of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 17 February 1618 for Theobald Bourke.

Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway was an Irish army officer slain at the Battle of Aughrim while fighting for the Jacobites during the Williamite War in Ireland.

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).

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary (1932). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 8. London: St Catherine Press. p. 605.
  2. Browne, Denis (1982). Westport House and the Brownes. Moorland Publishing.
  3. Cokayne, G. E.; Gibbs, Vicary (1932). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. 8. London: St Catherine Press. p. 605.
  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

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Viscount Mayo
1649–1653
Succeeded by