Peerage Record – 14728

     Ulick Bourke is the son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell and Catherine FitzGerald.¹
     He lived at Garaneeky, County Limerick, Ireland^G.¹

     William Bourke was the son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell and Catherine FitzGerald.¹ He died on 19 August 1578, killed in action.¹

     David Bourke is the son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell and Catherine FitzGerald.¹

     John Bourke was the son of William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell and Catherine FitzGerald.¹
     He lived at Cappagh, Ireland^G.¹

     Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Baron Bowen of Colwood was born on 29 August 1831 at Woolaston, Monmouthshire, Wales^G.¹ He was the son of Reverend Christopher Bowen and Catherine Steele.¹ He married Emily Frances Rendel, daughter of James Meadows Rendel and Catherine Jane Harris, on 7 January 1862.² He died on 10 April 1894 at age 62 at Princes Garden, London, England^G, ‘from a cruel disease, borne with exemplary patience’, without issue.¹ He was buried at Slaugham, Sussex, England^G.² His will was proven (by probate), at £26,994.²
     He was educated in 1843 at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ He was educated in 1856 at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was a Fellow in 1857 at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was President of the Oxford Union Society in 1858.² He was admitted to Lincoln Inn in 1861 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.² He held the office of Recorder of Penzance in 1872.² He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1872 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He was a junior standing counsel to the Treasury in 1872.² He held the office of Judge of the Queen’s Bench, Division of the High Court of Justice between 1879 and 1882.² He was appointed Knight on 26 June 1879.² He held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1882 and 1893.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 29 June 1882.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.) by Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 13 June 1883.² He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) on 21 May 1885.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G, in 1888.² He was created Baron Bowen of Colwood, in the County of Sussex [U.K. Law Lord] on 23 September 1893.² He held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on 23 September 1893.²
     Liddell writes that “he had that almost exaggerated sauvity and politeness which characterised Oxford men in the fifties.”² Lord Esher declared that Bowen “was the most distinguished Judge who had sat in an English Court during the long period [more than 50 years] of his acquaintance with the the occupants of the English bench.”²

     Reverend Christopher Bowen was the son of Christopher Bowen and Eliza Miller.² He married Catherine Steele, daughter of Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bt., in 1833.² He died in 1890.²
     He was the Rector at St. Thomas’s, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He lived at Hollymount, County Mayo, Ireland^G.¹

     Catherine Steele was the daughter of Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bt.¹ She married Reverend Christopher Bowen, son of Christopher Bowen and Eliza Miller, in 1833.²
     From 1833, her married name became Bowen.²

     Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bt. was the son of Sir Parker Steele, 2nd Bt. and Maria Verity.
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Steele [I., 1768].

     Frances Steele was the daughter of Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bt.¹ She married John Synge, son of Francis Synge and Elizabeth Hatch, in 1832.² She died in 1859.²
     From 1832, her married name became Synge.²

     Richard Millington Synge was born on 10 August 1889.¹