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3 unusual facts about John Bourke


John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo

He died at Bersted Lodge, South Bersted, Sussex, the home of Susan Smith née Mackworth-Praed his sister in law and widow of Thomas Smith of Bersted Lodge (brother of Sir John Smith Burgess, Bart), and his titles passed to his nephew, Robert.

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 until 1794.

On 11 May 1819, he represented the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later William IV) at the baptism of Prince George of Cambridge in Hanover and was appointed a GCH that year.


Sir John Bourke of Brittas

He is the grandfather of John Bourke, Mayor of Limerick, who was the great-grandfather of Edmund Burke.

Undermine Records

Undermine Records' current roster include artists John Bourke, Jay Sustain, DJ REM, Retrobyte, Jonathan Allyn, Arman Cole, Blue Massive, Bjorn Fogelberg, Dumb Dan, Mark0, Groovematic, Effero, Mike Hiratzka, Flack.Su, Burufunk, Wideband Network, and several others.


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Charles Bourke

Descendants include Mary Robinson, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002, whose great-great grandfather was John Bourke of Heathfield, a brother of Charles.