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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Mayo
The Right Honourable The Earl of Mayo
Member of the Irish House of Lords
	Hereditary Peerage; 1790 – 20 April 1792
Preceded by	John Bourke
Succeeded by	Joseph Deane Bourke
Member of Parliament for Naas
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1763
Preceded by	Richard Burgh; Maurice Keating;
Succeeded by	James Bond; John Bourke;
Personal details
Born	John Bourke; c.1729
Died	20 April 1792 (aged 62–63)
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Lady Mary Leeson (m. 1764⁠–⁠1792)
Children	None
Parents	John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo; Mary Deane;
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; circa 1729 – 20 April 1792), styled Lord Naas (/neɪs/; NAYSS) until 1790, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1763–90).

Career

Bourke was the son of John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane, daughter of Joseph Deane. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[1]

He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Naas between 1763 and 1790. That year he inherited his father's titles and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords.^[2]

Family

He married Lady Mary Leeson (1734–1809), daughter of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and Cecilia Leigh, in February 1764. He died without issue.^[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
	Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Party per fess Or and Ermine, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable and the second with a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect gules Supporters On either side a Chevalier in complete Armour, holding in the exterior hand a Pole-Axe, all proper.^[4]^[5] Motto A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo

8. John Bourke

4. Richard Bourke

9. Catherine Fay

2. John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo

10. Charles Minchin

5. Catherine Minchin

11. Elizabeth Paulet

1. John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo

12. Joseph Deane of Deanehill

6. Joseph Deane

13. Elizabeth Parker

3. Mary Deane

14. Colonel Henry Boyle

7. Margaret Boyle

15. Lady Mary O'Brien

References

Citations

^ Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co. p. 83.
^ Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 566.
^ Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 5 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 280.
^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

Bibliography

Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.
Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co.
Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 566.
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Richard Burgh Maurice Keating	Member of Parliament for Naas 1763–1790 With: Maurice Keating (1763–1768) John Bourke (1768–1777) Thomas Allan (1777–1783) Hugh Carleton (1783–1787) Sir Richard Gorges-Meredyth, Bt. (1787–1790) John Bourke (1790–1791)	Succeeded by James Bond John Bourke
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Bourke	Earl of Mayo 1785–1790	Succeeded by Joseph Deane Bourke

[1] Burtchaell, George Dames; Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alex Thom and Co. p. 83.

[2] Debrett, John (1838). Courthope, William (ed.). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 566.

[3] Cokayne, G. E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. 5 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 280.

[4] Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

[5] Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

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