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Also Known As

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  • Family name: Bourke [pronounced burk][1]
  • See also the Bourke page
  • Earl of Mayo (in the Peerage of Ireland)
    • Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (12 August 1867 – 8 February 1872)
    • Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (8 February 1872 – 31 December 1927)
  • Baron Connemara
    • Robert Bourke, 1st and last Baron Connemara (12 May 1887 – 3 September 1902)[2]
  • The Hon. Algernon Bourke
  • Lady Florence Bourke

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Timeline

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1863 November 21, Robert Bourke and Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay married.[3]

1872 November 20, Hon. Edward Roden Bourke and Emma Mary Augusta Hatch married.[4]

1887 December 15, Hon. Algernon Bourke and Guendoline Stanley married.[5]

1890 November 27, Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara and Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay divorced in a sensational case in which she successfully sued for divorce on the grounds of adultery (with her maid Hannah Moore) and cruelty (infecting her with venereal disease).[6] This story is repeated essentially verbatum in a number of newspapers.

1894 October 10, Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay Bourke and Surgn.-Lt.-Col. William Hamilton Broun married.[3]

1894 October 22, Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara and Gertrude Lawrence Knight Walsh married.[7]

1895 April 27, Saturday, Norah Mary Madeline Bourke and Mr. Henry Lindsay married.[8]

1897 July 2, Algernon Henry and Guendoline Sloane-Stanley Bourke attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1908 August 5, Emma Mary Augusta Hatch Bourke and Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon married.[4]

Demographics

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  • Nationality: Anglo-Irish[9]

Residences

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  • London: 20 Eaton Square, S.W. (in 1897)[10]
  • Ireland: Palmerstown House (built in 1872 by the 7th Earl in honor of his father after his assassination), Palmerstown, County Galway[1]
  • Ireland: 1873: Palmerston House, Straffan, Co. Kildare[11]

Family

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  • Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (12 January 1797 – 12 August 1867)[12]
  • Anne Charlotte Jocelyn ( – 26 January 1867)[13]
    1. Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872)
    2. Lt.-Gen. John Jocelyn Bourke (5 October 1823 – 25 September 1904)
    3. Robert Bourke, 1st and last Baron Connemara (11 June 1827 – 3 September 1902)
    4. Rev. Hon. George Wingfield Bourke (16 February 1829 – 9 October 1903)
    5. Hon. Charles Fowler Bourke (5 September 1832 – 4 April 1899)
    6. Major Hon. Edward Roden Bourke (13 December 1835 – 7 June 1907)
    7. Hon. Henry Lorton Bourke (26 September 1840 – 30 January 1911)


  • Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872)[14]
  • Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham (21 November 1826 – 31 January 1918)[15]
  1. Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke ( – 19 January 1940)[16]
  2. unknown daughter Bourke
  3. Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927)
  4. Captain Hon. Sir Maurice Archibald Bourke (22 December 1853 – 16 September 1900)
  5. Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke (31 December 1854 – 7 April 1922)
  6. Lady Florence Blanche Bourke (16 August 1861 – 1953)
  7. Hon. Terence Theobald Bourke (2 April 1865 – 13 May 1923)


  • Robert Bourke, 1st and last Baron Connemara (11 June 1827 – 3 September 1902)[2]
  • Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay ( – 22 January 1898)[3] [she remarried as well]
  • Gertrude Lawrence Knight Walsh (baptised 13 August 1833 – 23 November 1898)[7] [he was her 2nd husband as well]


  • Emma Mary Augusta Hatch (1855 – 9 March 1935)[4]
  • Major Hon. Edward Roden Bourke (13 December 1835 – 7 June 1907)[17]
    1. Norah Mary Madeline Bourke ( – 20 June 1948)
    2. Madeline Emmie Louisa Bourke ( – 5 August 1961)
    3. Cecil Richard Donoughmore Bourke (29 Sep 1875 – 30 November 1884)
    4. Anne Kathleen Julia Bourke (c. 1878 – 16 March 1935)
    5. Lt.-Col. Nigel Edward Jocelyn Bourke (21 August 1886 – 27 September 1970)
  • Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon


  • Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke (31 December 1854 – 7 April 1922)[18]
  • Guendoline Irene Emily Sloane-Stanley Bourke (c. 1869 – 30 December 1967)[5]
  1. Daphne Marjory Bourke (5 April 1895 – 22 May 1962)

Biographical Materials

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Questions and Notes

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Earl of Mayo". Wikipedia. 2024-05-07. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Mayo&oldid=1222668659.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Mayo.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Robert Bourke, 1st and last Baron Connemara." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. https://www.thepeerage.com/p5752.htm#i57514.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. https://www.thepeerage.com/p23213.htm#i232124.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Emma Mary Augusta Hatch." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-27. https://www.thepeerage.com/p5751.htm#i57507.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Guendoline Irene Emily Stanley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. ↑ "Another Society Scandal. Connemara Divorce Suit. Shocking Disclosures." South Wales Echo 27 November 1890 Thursday: 3 [of 4], Cols. 2a–3a [of 8]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000902/18901127/031/0003.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Gertrude Lawrence Knight Walsh." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. https://www.thepeerage.com/p23213.htm#i232125.
  8. ↑ "Mr. Henry E. A. Lindsay to Miss Norah M. M. Bourke." Gentlewoman 11 May 1895 Saturday: 97 [of 133], Col. 1c–2a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18950511/437/0097.
  9. ↑ "Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo". Wikipedia. 2020-11-14. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Bourke,_6th_Earl_of_Mayo&oldid=988654078. 
  10. ↑ Who's who (in en). A. & C. Black. 1897. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl0oAAAAYAAJ.  712, Col. 1b.
  11. ↑ Cambridge University Alumni, 1261–1900. Via Ancestry.
  12. ↑ "Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4710.htm#i47094.
  13. ↑ "Anne Charlotte Jocelyn." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. https://www.thepeerage.com/p4710.htm#i47095.
  14. ↑ "Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  15. ↑ "Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  16. ↑ "Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  17. ↑ "Major Hon. Edward Roden Bourke." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-08-27. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2096.htm#i20954.
  18. ↑ "Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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