John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, GCH, PC (Ire) (; ; 18 June 1766 – 23 May 1849) was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas (; ) from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the

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until 1801.

Career

Arabella Bourke, by English School (circa 1810)

He was the eldest son of

Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (; ; 1736 – 20 August 1794) 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). Fam ...

(

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1782–94) and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of

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. 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

; as compensation from the abolition of the House in 1801, he was awarded an annual pension of £1332.Obituary in ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', July 1849 On 20 February 1810, he was sworn of the

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and was elected an

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on 2 March 1816. On 11 May 1819, he represented the

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(later William IV) at the

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and was appointed a GCH that year. At the coronation of

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on 19 July 1821, he carried the

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of Hanover.

Family

On 24 May 1792, Mayo had married Arabella Mackworth-Praed; they had no children. He died at Bersted Lodge, South Bersted,

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, the home of Susan Smith née Mackworth-Praed his

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and widow of Thomas Smith of Bersted Lodge (brother of Sir John Smith Burgess, Bart), and his titles passed to his nephew,

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.Census of England 6 June 1841 HO107/1099/1 folio 48 page 14

Arms

References

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Earls of Mayo