Viscount Mayo is a title that has been created twice in the

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, 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

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, 18th lord of

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(Lower Mac William), and

Gráinne O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Malley ( ga, Gráinne Ní Mháille, ), was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. In Irish folklore she is commonly k ...

. Miles, the 2nd

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, was created a

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in the

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in c. 1638. His son Theobald, the third Viscount, was also created a Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in c. 1638 (although there are no records of this creation in the Great Seal). The third Viscount was executed in 1652 after being found guilty of murder by Cromwell's High Court of Justice in Connaught. The murders in 1642 became known as the "

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massacre", but it seems that Lord Mayo had done his best to prevent them. The third Viscount's daughter Maud married Col. John Browne, ancestor of the

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. On the eighth Viscount's death in 1767, the title became dormant or extinct. Historian Anne Chambers considers that a legal right continued, but that the next claimant could not afford the legal costs involved in presenting a petition to the

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. The title was recreated for a very distant cousin, John Bourke, 1st Baron Naas, in 1781. He was subsequently created

Earl of Mayo 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 Earl of Mayo, John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (of the second creation). For many years he served as "Firs ...

in 1785. See this title for more information.

Viscounts Mayo; First creation (1627)

Tiobóid na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo Tibbot na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (anglicised as Theobald Bourke; ; ; 1567 – 18 June 1629) was an Irish peer and parliamentarian. A prominent member of the MacWilliam Burkes of County Mayo, Tibbot was a Member of the Irish House of ...

(died 1629) *Miles Bourke, 2nd Viscount Mayo (died 1649) *

Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo 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 d ...

(died 1652) *Theobald Bourke, 4th Viscount Mayo (died 1676) *Miles Bourke, 5th Viscount Mayo (died 1681) *Theobald Bourke, 6th Viscount Mayo (1681–1741) *Theobald Bourke, 7th Viscount Mayo (died 1742) *John Bourke, 8th Viscount Mayo (died 1767)Buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 5 February 1767. Source: ''The Register Book for Burials. In the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 1754-1812''. 5 February 1767. **Hon. Aylmer Bourke (1743–1748)

Viscounts Mayo; Second creation (1781)

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Viscounts Mayo; First creation (1627)

Viscounts Mayo; Second creation (1781)

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