Dictionary of Indian Biography/Connemara, Robert Bourke, first Baron
CONNEMARA, ROBERT BOURKE, FIRST BARON (1827–1902)
Governor : born June 11, 1827 : son of fifth Earl of Mayo, brother of sixth Earl of Mayo (q.v.), Viceroy and Governor-General : educated at Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin : called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1852 : M.P. for King's Lynn, 1868, 1874 : Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1874–80 : and again 1885–6 : P.C, 1880 : Governor of Madras, Dec. 8, 1886–Dec I, 1890 : G.C.I.E. : made a Peer, May 12, 1887 : died Sep. 3, 1902.