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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 325 MAYO, EARL OF. (BOURKE.) DERMOT ROBERT WYNDHAM BOURKE, 7th Earl, in the peerage of Ireland. Born July 2nd, 1851 ; succeeded his father 1872 ; educated at Eton ; appointed Cornet 10th Hussars, 1870, and in 1872 exchanged as Lieut, in Grenadier Guards. Brothers living, Maurice Archibald, R.N. (heir presumptive), b. 1853; became Lieut. R.N. 18/5. Algernon Henry, b. 1854. Terence Theo- bald, b, 1865. Sisters liviner. Eva Constance Alline, b. 1858. Salvation from the Cross. Florence Blanche Madeline, b. 1861. Creations, Baron Naas of Naas, co. Kildare 1776, Viscount Mayo of Monycrower, co. Kildare 1785, Earl of Mayo 1785, all in the peerage of Ireland. arms, Per fesse, ermine and or, a cross, gules ; in the 1st quarter a lion rampant, and in the 2nd a dexter hand couped at the wrist, both gules. Crest, A mountain cat, chained, sejant. Supporters, Two men in complete armour, each holding in the exterior hand a pole-axe, proper. Seats, Palmerstown.house, Straffan, (co.) Kildare; and Hayes, Navan, (co.) Meath, Ireland. C/5s, Carlton, Guards, Marlborough. MAYO, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Richard Southwell, K.P., G C.S.I., P.C., LL.D., 6th Earl. He was b. Feb. 21, 1822, and succeeded his father 1867. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1844, M. A. 1851, LL D 1852) Was Chief Secretary for Ireland 1852, 185S 9 ; and with a seat in the Cabinet, 18668; served as Governor General of India 1S6J 72 : and was a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Kildare. Sat as M.P. for Kildare co. 1847 5-J, for Coleraine, 1852 7, and for Cocker- mouth (C.) 185768 Married, 1848. Blanche Julia, daughter of the 1st Baron Leconfield, and d. Feb. 8, leaving issue four sons and two daughters. His lordship was most brutally murdered at Port Blair, a convict settlement in the Andaman Islands, which he was visit- ing officially, by a convict named Shere Ali, who stabbed him in the back. The report of his melancholy death was received with universal regret both at home and India, and all political parties paid the highest encomiums upon his administrative talents in the East, where he was one of the most popular Governor- Generals that ever ruled there. MAYO, Countess of, BLANCHE JULIA, daughter of the 1st Baron Lecon- field; m. 1848, the 6th Earl of Mayo, who was brutally murdered in the Andaman Islands, Feb. 8th, 1872. Appointed an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen 1874. Residence, 13, Upper Brook-street, W. McLeod, Baroness, title borne by the Countess of Cromartie. Meade, family name of the Earl of Clanwilliam.