Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Mayo
The Right Honourable; The Earl of Mayo
Born	Terence Patrick Bourke; 26 August 1929; Gosforth, Northumbria
Died	22 September 2006 (aged 77); France
Nationality	British; Irish
Education	St. Aubyns Preparatory School, Rottingdean
Alma mater	Dartmouth Royal Naval College
Spouses	Margaret Jane Robinson Harrison (m. 1952; div. 1987); Sally Anne Matthews (m. 1987);
Children	4, including:; Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo
Parent	Hon. Bryan Longley Bourke
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1956–1959
Unit	Fleet Air Arm; No. 703 Naval Air Squadron;
Battles/wars	Suez Crisis (1956)

Terence Patrick Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; 26 August 1929 – 22 September 2006) spent much of his life in England, before moving to Ireland and finally France. He was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, ran a printing company, stood for parliament, managed a marble quarrying company in Ireland, and finally bred deer in south-west France.

Early life

Bourke was born in Gosforth, Northumbria, the son of the Hon. Bryan Longley Bourke, third son of Walter Longley Bourke, 8th Earl of Mayo. He was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School in Rottingdean and then at the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, as a cadet. He was commissioned into the Royal Navy and joined the Fleet Air Arm, flying Sea Hawks in the Suez Crisis of 1956. He later flew aerobatics with No. 703 Naval Air Squadron and left the Navy on medical grounds in 1959.^[1]

Career

Bourke set up a printing company in Gosport, Hampshire, where he became active in local politics, serving as a Conservative councillor from 1961 to 1964. In 1962 he inherited his titles from an uncle, Ulick Henry Bourke, 9th Earl of Mayo. However, his Irish peerages (Earl of Mayo, Viscount Mayo of Monycrower, and Lord Naas) only entitled him to sit in the Irish House of Lords, which had been abolished under the Acts of Union 1800. He stood for Parliament as a Liberal candidate in South Dorset in the 1964 general election, but lost heavily to the Conservative candidate.^[1]

In 1965, he moved to County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, where he became managing director of the Irish Marble Company, quarrying Connemara marble. He also founded the Galway Flying Club, which later led to the creation of Galway airport.^[1]

Family

In 1952, Bourke married firstly Margaret Jane Robinson Harrison. They had three sons, but were divorced in 1987. The same year, he married secondly Sally Anne Matthews. With his second wife and their son, he moved to a chateau in the south-west of France, where he bred deer.^[1]

Mayo died in 2006 and was buried at Mondebat in the French département of Gers.^[1]

He was succeeded to his titles by his eldest son, Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo.^[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Terence Bourke, 10th 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.^[2]^[3] Motto A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 The Earl of Mayo: Irish peer whose career took in politics, printing, and breeding deer, The Daily Telegraph, 27 October 2006, accessed 11 February 2023
↑ 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.

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[Obit-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Earl of Mayo: Irish peer whose career took in politics, printing, and breeding deer, The Daily Telegraph, 27 October 2006, accessed 11 February 2023

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

[3] 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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