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William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell

William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell

Irish Jacobite peer (died c.1691)


William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c.1691) was an Irish Jacobite peer.

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Background

Bourke was the son of Thomas Bourke, 7th Baron Bourke of Connell and Margaret Hore. He inherited his father's peerage in 1680. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Limerick and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick by James II of England.[1] During the Williamite War in Ireland, he was summoned to the Irish House of Lords in the brief Patriot Parliament called by James in 1689 and received a commission as a Captain in the Earl of Tyrone's Regiment of Foot.[2][3] He later became a Lieutenant colonel in Sutherland's Regiment of Horse and fought at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Exile

Following the Jacobite defeat, Bourke followed James into exile in France and was attainted of his title and estates by the English government.[4] He died in France in obscurity.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell
Crest
A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or.
Escutcheon
Or, a cross gules, in the first quarter a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect sable.
Supporters
Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or[5]

See also

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Barry, James Grene (1889). "The Bourkes of Clanwilliam". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 9 (80): 192–203. ISSN 0790-6382.
  2. [2]
    O'Hart, John (1892). The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 2 (5th ed.). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  3. [3]
    "University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Critical Studies - Research - Research Centres and Networks - Centre for Robert Burns Studies - Our research - Jacobite Officers Database - THE DATABASE - B". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  4. [4]
    "Bourke, William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. [5]
    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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