Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo (died 15 January 1653) was an Irish soldier, landowner, member of the

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, and peer. As

Viscount Mayo 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, 1st Viscount Mayo, Tiobóid na Long Bourke, also k ...

in the

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, he had a seat in the

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from 1649 until his death.

Life

The son and heir of

Miles Burke, 2nd Viscount Mayo The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a imperial unit, British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of Unit of length, ...

, 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 County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

from 1640 to 1649, when he succeeded his father in the Lords; he distinguished himself in the Royal cause during the

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. 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 County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...

, by Mary, daughter of Nicholas, 1st Viscount Netterville.

G. E. Cokayne George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standar ...

, rev.

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, '' The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant'', Vol. 8 (St Catherine Press, 1932), p. 605 His daughter Maud married Colonel John Browne who built the first

Westport House Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, is a country house, historically the family seat of the Marquess of Sligo and the Brownes and designed by notable eighteenth century architects Richard Cassels, Thomas Ivory and James Wyatt. ...

Marquess of Sligo Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo (created 10 September 1760), ...

, ''Westport House and the Brownes'' (Moorland Publishing, 1982)

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. His widow died in 1693.

Arms

References

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Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tybal ...

17th-century Irish politicians Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland People executed for murder 1650s deaths