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BOURDIEU, JOHN; b.; adm.; present at OW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, but the fact that there was an individual of this name educated at Westminster is not otherwise substantiated); m. 5 Feb 1795 Ann Wilkinson, St. Andrew, Holborn, she perhaps dau. of Jacob Wilkinson?]

BOURKE, HON. EDWARD RODEN, sixth son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (qv); b. 13 Dec 1835; adm. 31 Jan 1851 (James'); left 1854; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1855, matr. Mich. 1856; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 18 Nov 1857; Lieut., 25 Jun 1858; Capt., 30 Nov 1860; Maj., 2 Dec 1868; 3rd Hussars, 8 Dec 1869; retd. 5 Oct 1872; Military Secretary to his brother, Richard, 6th Earl of Mayo, Governor-Gen. of India 1869-72; Postmaster-Gen., Madras, 1872-6; subsequently member, London Stock Exchange; m. 20 Nov 1872 Emma Mary Augusta, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. George Cliffe Hatch CSI, Bengal Staff Corps (previously EICS Bengal); d. 10 Jun 1907.

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.