Showing 21091 results

BOURKE, JOHN NICHOLAS, son of Thomas Bourke, Jamaica; b.; at school 1796; in school list 1797; KS (aged 13) 1800; probably the “Bourke” who played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; m. 25 Mar 1809 Susan Wood Elliot, St. Paul, Covent Garden. [presumably John Nicholas Bourke, Capt. 3rd Yorkshire West Riding Militia, Army List 1808]

Bourke, John William Patrick, son of William Henry Bourke MD, and Annie Lees, d. of John Carver of Marple, Cheshire; b. 1 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1933 (sen. schol.), MA 1935; Heidelberg Univ., PhD 1936; Friends' Relief Service in Europe 1945-8; lecturer in English Munich Univ. 1948; Bundesverdienstkreuz (W. Germany) 1970; OBE 1975; author of Baroque Churches of Central Europe 1958, Englischer Humor 1965, and other educational works in German and English.

BOURKE, JOHN WILLIAM, son of John Bourke, Carshalton, Surrey, Receiver-Gen. of the Land Tax for Surrey [Middlesex ?], and Mary Battye [Ballye ?], Yorkshire; b.; adm. 16 Jan 1788; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1789, aged 16; BA 1793; MA 1797; ordained; Vicar of St. Martin, Shropshire, from 18 Apr 1803; Rector of Llanwyddan, Shropshire, 20 May 1803 –7 [check county : Montgomeryshire ?]; Vicar of Oswestry, Shropshire, from 16 Apr 1808; m. 28 Aug 1799 (IGI) Ann Kerr, Jamaica; d. 21 Aug 1823.

BOURKE, JOHN, son of John Bourke, Limerick, and Lucia Parker; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1754; KS (Capt. ) 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Feb 1758; of Dromsally, co. Limerick, and St. Anne’s, Dublin; m. Sep 1774 Anne, dau. of Edmund Ryan, Dublin and Roscabell, co. Tipperary; d. 1795.

BOURKE, JOSEPH; b.; adm. 18 Apr 1811; left 1814.

BOURKE, SIR RICHARD, only surviving son of John Bourke (qv); b. 4 May 1777; at school under Smith (signed Play Protest, 1847); spoke prologue to King John, performed by some of the Town Boys, Dec 1789 (Annual Register, 1790, 133-4); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1793; migrated to Exeter Coll., adm. gent. commoner; BA 1798; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards, 22 Nov 1798; Lieut. and Capt., 25 Nov 1799; Brevet Maj., and Superintendent Junior Department, RMC Sandhurst, 27 Aug 1805; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1806; Col., 4 Jun 1814; Maj. -Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Col. of 64th Foot, 29 Nov 1837; Gen., 11 Nov 1851; served in Helder expedition 1799, severely wounded at Bergen; QMG in South America 1807; Assist. QMG in Peninsular War 1808-9, 1812-4; Lieut. -Gov., Eastern division of Cape of Good Hope 4 Jul 1825 - Jan 1828; Governor of New South Wales and of Van Diemen’s Land, 27 Apr 1831 - 6 Dec 1837; his impartiality made him a most popular governor, the Press was freed from restrictions and a regular scheme of emigration from the United Kingdom was established; a statue was erected to him in Sydney, and an Australian county and Bourke Street, Melbourne, were named after him; CB 4 Jun 1815; KCB 26 Jan 1835; retired to his estate in co. Limerick; High Sheriff, co. Limerick, 1839; JP co. Limerick; edited with Earl Fitzwilliam the Correspondence of Edmund Burke, 1844; m. 22 Mar 1800 Elizabeth Jane, sister of John William Bourke (qv); d. 13 Aug 1855. DNB.

BOURKE, ROBERT, 5TH EARL OF MAYO (I), only son of Hon. and Right Rev. Richard Bourke, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and Frances, dau. of Robert Fowler (adm. 1738, qv); b. 12 Jan 1797; adm. 22 Sep 1807; left 1814; . Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1814; succ. his uncle as 5th Earl of Mayo (I) 23 May 1849; an Irish Representative Peer from 1852; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; m. 3 Aug 1820 Anne Charlotte, only dau. of Hon. John Jocelyn MP, Tair Hill, co. Louth; d. 12 Aug 1867.

BOURNE, CHARLES JOHNSTON, son of Robert Burr Bourne (qv); b. 24 Aug 1835; adm. 4 Feb 1848 (Scott's); Min. Can. 1850; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1854; BA 1859; ordained; Curate, Crawley, Hants.; d. at Nice 15 Feb 1861.

BOURNE, ROBERT BURR, son of Robert Bourne MD FRCP, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Univ., and Mary, dau. of James Burr, Ditchley, Oxfordshire, Steward to George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (qv); b.; adm. 13 Sep 1809; KS 1812; Capt. of the School 1816; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; BA 1821; MA 1823; adm. Inner Temple 1821; an Usher at the School 1822-9; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827; Rector of St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, 21 Oct 1836-52; Curate, Grimley, Worcs., 1849-56; Rector of Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts., 1856-77; m. 14 Dec 1830 Eliza Jane, dau. of John Johnston, Danson Park, Kent; d. 30 Jan 1885, aged 86.