Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo

Joseph Bourke
Joseph Bourke
Earl of Mayo
Tenure	1792–1794
Predecessor	John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo
Successor	John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo
Other titles	Archbishop of Tuam,; Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin,; Dean of Dromore,; Dean of Killaloe;
Born	1736
Died	20 August 1794 (aged c. 54); Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Meade
Parents	John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane

Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; 1736 – 20 August 1794) was an Irish peer and bishop who held high offices in the Church of Ireland.

Family[]

He was the second son of John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane. In 1760, he married Elizabeth Meade, daughter of Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet and Catherine Prittie. They had four sons: John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, Richard, Joseph, and George, and six daughters: Catherine, Mary-Elizabeth, Mary-Anne, Charlotte, Louisa, and Theodosia-Eleanor.^[1] Theodosia's son, Matthew Hale, was the first Bishop of Perth and then the Bishop of Brisbane.

Cathedral Church of St Mary, Tuam.

Ecclesiastical career[]

Prior to his elevation to the episcopate, his earlier ecclesiastical appointments were Prebendary of Armagh (1760–1768);^[2] Dean of Killaloe (1768–1772) and Rector of Kilskyre, near Kells, County Meath (1769–1772);^[3] and Dean of Dromore (1772).^[4]

He was nominated the Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin on 7 September 1772 and appointed by letters patent on 19 September 1772.^[5]^[6] He was consecrated at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin on 11 October 1772; the principal consecrator was John Cradock, Archbishop of Dublin, and the principal co-consecrators were Charles Jackson, Bishop of Kildare and William Newcome, Bishop of Dromore.^[5]^[6] Ten years later, he was translated to the archbishopric of Tuam by letters patent on 8 August 1782.^[7]^[8] On the death in 1792 of his brother, John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo, he succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Mayo.^[1]

He died at Kilbeggan in County Westmeath on 20 August 1794, and was interred in the burying ground of his family near Naas, County Kildare.^[7]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Joseph Bourke, 3rd 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.^[9] Motto A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)

References[]

^ ^a ^b Burke 1882, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, vol. 2, pp. 156–157.
^ Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 53.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 479.
^ Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 294.
^ ^a ^b Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 342.
^ ^a ^b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 394.
^ ^a ^b Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 18.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 406.
^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

Bibliography[]

Burke, John (1882). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. Volume 2 (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. Volume 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Cotton, Henry (1848). The Province of Leinster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. Volume 2. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Cotton, Henry (1849). The Province of Ulster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. Volume 3. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Cotton, Henry (1850). The Province of Connaught. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. Volume 4. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

External links[]

Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (1740?–1794), Archbishop of Tuam (National Portrait Gallery)

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by William Henry	Dean of Killaloe 1768–1772	Succeeded by William Pery
Preceded by Walter Cope	Dean of Dromore 1772	Succeeded by Raphael Walsh
Preceded by Edward Young	Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1772–1782	Succeeded by Walter Cope
Preceded by Jemmett Browne	Archbishop of Tuam 1782–1794	Succeeded by William Beresford
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Bourke	Earl of Mayo 1792–1794	Succeeded by John Bourke

[burke1882p156to157-1] Burke 1882, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, vol. 2, pp. 156–157.

[2] Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 53.

[3] Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 479.

[4] Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 294.

[cottonvol2p342-5] Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 342.

[fryde394-6] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 394.

[cottonvol4p18-7] Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 18.

[8] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 406.

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

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