Earl of Mayo
Earl of Mayo is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland , named after County Mayo .
The Earls family seat is Derryinver near Clifden in County Galway .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was given on June 24, 1785 to the politician John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo . He was a Member of the House of Commons in the Irish Parliament from 1720 to 1766 and served as the First Commissioner of Revenue for many years . He had already been raised in the Peerage of Ireland on August 1, 1766 to Baron Naas , of Naas in the County of Kildare , and on January 13, 1781 to Viscount Mayo , of Moneycrower in the County of Mayo. The eldest son of the earl in question bears the courtesy title of Lord Naas as an apparent marriage .
Today's owner of the title is his descendant Charles Bourke as 11th Earl.
List of the Earls of Mayo (1785)
- John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo (around 1705–1790)
- John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo (1729–1792)
- Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (around 1740–1794)
- John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo (1766–1849)
- Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (1797–1867)
- Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822–1872)
- Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo (1851-1927)
- Walter Bourke, 8th Earl of Mayo (1859–1939)
- Ulick Bourke, 9th Earl of Mayo (1890–1962)
- Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo (1929-2006)
- Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo (* 1953)
Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Richard Bourke, Lord Naas (* 1985).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Mayo, Earl of (I, 1785) at Cracroft's Peerage