William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell explained

The Lord Bourke of Castleconnell
Order1:Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
Monarch1:James II
Order2:Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick
Office3:Member of the Irish House of Lords
Term Label3:Hereditary Peerage
Term Start3:c.1680
Term End3:c.1691
Predecessor3:Thomas Bourke
Successor3:Forfeit
Birth Name:William Bourke
Native Name:Uilleag de Búrca
Native Name Lang:Irish
Birth Place:Ireland
Death Date:c.1691
Death Place:France
Nationality:Irish
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Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1689–1692
Battles:Battle of Aughrim (1691)

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

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Barry . James Grene . 1889 . The Bourkes of Clanwilliam . The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland . 9 . 80 . 192–203 . 0790-6382.
  2. Book: O'Hart . John . The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation . 5th . 1892 . 2 . 2024-05-07.
  3. Web site: 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 . 2024-05-07 . www.gla.ac.uk.
  4. Web site: Bourke, William Dictionary of Irish Biography . 2024-05-07 . www.dib.ie . en.
  5. Book: Burke, Bernard . Bernard Burke . The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . 1884 . Harrison & Sons . London . University of California Libraries.