Viscount Mayo (Irish: Bíocunta Mhaigh Eo) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for members of the Bourke family. The first creation came in 1627 in favour of Tiobóid na Long Bourke, also known as Theobald Bourke. He was the son of Sir Richard Bourke, 18th lord of Mac William Iochtar (Lower Mac William), and Gráinne O'Malley. Miles, the 2nd Viscount, was created a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in c. 1638.
His son Theobald, the third Viscount, was also created a Baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in c. 1638 (although there are no records of this creation in the Great Seal). The third Viscount was executed in 1652 after being found guilty of murder by Cromwell's High Court of Justice in Connaught. The murders in 1642 became known as the "Shrule massacre", but it seems that Lord Mayo had done his best to prevent them.[3]
The third Viscount's daughter Maud married Col. John Browne, ancestor of the Marquesses of Sligo.[4]
On the eighth Viscount's death in 1767, the title became dormant or extinct.[5] Historian Anne Chambers considers that a legal right continued, but that the next claimant could not afford the legal costs involved in presenting a petition to the Irish House of Lords.[6]
The title was recreated for a very distant cousin, John Bourke, 1st Baron Naas, in 1781. He was subsequently created Earl of Mayo in 1785. See this title for more information.
Viscounts Mayo: First creation (1627)
- Tiobóid na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (died 1629)
- Miles Bourke, 2nd Viscount Mayo (died 1649)
- Theobald Bourke, 3rd Viscount Mayo (died 1652)
- Theobald Bourke, 4th Viscount Mayo (died 1676)
- Miles Bourke, 5th Viscount Mayo (died 1681)
- Theobald Bourke, 6th Viscount Mayo (1681–1741)
- Theobald Bourke, 7th Viscount Mayo (died 1742)
- John Bourke, 8th Viscount Mayo (died 1767)[7]
- Hon. Aylmer Bourke (1743–1748)
Viscounts Mayo: Second creation (1781)
- see Earl of Mayo
See also
- House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
- Mac William Íochtar (Lower Mac William)
References
Citations
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; understanding a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . University of California Libraries. Londres: Harrison & Sons.
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; understanding a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time . University of California Libraries. Londres: Harrison & Sons.
- ↑ "Declaración jurada de Theobald, tercer vizconde, prestada en noviembre de 1652 (consultada en línea el 17 de octubre de 2016)" . Archivado del original el 18 de octubre de 2016. Recuperado el 17 de octubre de 2016 .
- ↑ Burke, John (1836). Historia genealógica y heráldica de los plebeyos de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda que disfrutan de posesiones territoriales o altos cargos oficiales, pero que no poseen títulos nobiliarios hereditarios: Volumen 1. Londres. págs. 67–69 .
- ↑ Cokayne, GE (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . Vol. 5 (1.ª ed.). Londres: George Bell & Sons . pp. 278-80 .
- ↑ Chambers, Anne (2007). Shadow Lord: Theobald Bourke, Tibbott-Na-Long, 1567–1629: Hijo de la reina pirata Grace O'Malley . Dublín: Ashfield Press. ISBN 978-1-901658-65-1.
- ↑ Enterrado en la iglesia de St. James, Piccadilly, el 5 de febrero de 1767. Fuente: Libro de registro de entierros. En la parroquia de St. James en Westminster, en el condado de Middlesex. 1754-1812 . 5 de febrero de 1767.
Bibliografía
- Burke, Bernard (1884). El arsenal general de Inglaterra, Escocia, Irlanda y Gales; que comprende un registro de blasones desde sus inicios hasta la actualidad . Bibliotecas de la Universidad de California. Londres: Harrison & Sons.
- Burke, John (1836). Historia genealógica y heráldica de los plebeyos de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda que disfrutan de posesiones territoriales o altos cargos oficiales, pero que no poseen títulos nobiliarios hereditarios: Volumen 1. Londres. págs. 67–69 .
- Chambers, Anne (2007). Shadow Lord: Theobald Bourke, Tibbott-Na-Long, 1567–1629: Hijo de la reina pirata Grace O'Malley . Dublín: Ashfield Press. ISBN 978-1-901658-65-1.
- Cokayne, GE (1887–98). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1.ª ed.). Londres: George Bell & Sons .
- Vizcondados en la nobleza de Irlanda
- Vizcondados extintos en la nobleza de Irlanda
- Casa de Burgh
- Títulos nobiliarios creados en 1627
- Títulos nobiliarios creados en 1781