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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.