Peerage Record – 4171

     Honor Bourke was the daughter of Richard ‘Oge’ Bourke.¹ She married Meiler Bermingham, 7th Lord Athenry, son of Thomas Bermingham, 6th Lord Bermingham and Annabel de Burgh.¹
     After her marriage, Honor Bourke was styled as Baroness Athenry. Her married name became Bermingham.¹

     Richard ‘Oge’ Bourke was the son of Richard Bourke MacWilliam and Lady Margaret Butler.²
     He lived at Clanricarde, County Galway, Ireland^G.¹

     John Bermingham, 8th Lord Athenry was the son of Meiler Bermingham, 7th Lord Athenry and Honor Bourke.¹ He died between 1547 and 1550, slain in the disturbances, without male issue.¹
     He succeeded as the 8th Lord Athenry [I., c. 1280] in 1529.¹

     Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofic George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was born on 10 December 1891.¹ He was the son of Major James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon and Lady Elizabeth Graham-Toler.³ He married Lady Margaret Diana Bingham, daughter of George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan and Violet Sylvia Blanche Spender Clay, on 14 October 1931.¹ He died on 16 June 1969 at age 77.³
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded three times and mentioned in despatches five times.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He was Temporary Brigadier and Brigade-Commander of the Indian Army in 1934.¹ He was Commander of the Nowshera Brigade between 1934 and 1938 at India^G.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Star of India (C.S.I.) in 1936.¹ He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM King Edward VIII in 1936.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in 1937 in the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General in 1937.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1938.¹ He was Commander of the 1st Division, Aldershot between 1938 and 1940.¹ He was General Officer in Command of the Southern Command between 1940 and 1942.¹ He gained the rank of General in 1942.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1942.¹ He was General Officer in Command of the forces in Burma in 1942.¹ He was Commander-in-Chief of the forces in the Middle East in 1942.¹ He was Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the forces in North Africa in 1943.¹ He was Commander-in-Chief of the Italy between 1943 and 1944.¹ He was Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean between 1944 and 1945.¹ He held the office of Aide-de-Camp General to HM King George VI between 1944 and 1946.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1946.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1946.¹ He held the office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada between 1946 and 1952.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, of Errigal, co. Donegal [U.K.] on 1 March 1946.¹ He adopted Lady Susan Mary Alexander. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1952.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Canada] in 1952.¹ He held the office of Minister of Defence between 1952 and 1954.¹ He was created 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis [U.K.] on 14 March 1952.¹ He was created 1st Baron Rideau, of Ottawa and of Castle Derg, co. Tyrone [U.K.] on 14 March 1952.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the County of London between 1957 and 1965.¹ He was awarded the Order of Merit (O.M.) in 1959.¹ He held the office of Constable of the Tower of London between 1960 and 1965.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London between 1965 and 1966.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Edmund Bermingham is the son of Richard Bermingham.¹

     Richard Bermingham is the son of Edmund Bermingham.¹

     Elizabeth West was the daughter of Sir Reynold West, 6th Lord la Warre and Margaret Thorley.¹ She married William de Berkeley, 1st and last Marquess of Berkeley, son of James de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley and Lady Isabel de Mowbray, in 1466.¹ She and William de Berkeley, 1st and last Marquess of Berkeley were divorced on 20 November 1467 although Elizabeth appealed the divorce to Pope Paul II.¹
     After her marriage, Elizabeth West was styled as Baroness Berkeley in 1466. From 1466, her married name became de Berkeley.¹

     Edmund Bermingham is the son of Richard Bermingham.¹

     Richard Bermingham, 9th Lord Athenry was the son of Edmund Bermingham.¹ He married Catharine O’Kelly, daughter of Teigh ‘Dubh’ O’Kelly and unknown O’Kelly, before 1540.¹ He died in 1580.¹
     He succeeded as the 9th Lord Athenry [I., c. 1280] between 1547 and 1550.¹ In 1572 he attended the Lord Deputy Sidney in his progress through Galway, who wrote of him that he was “as poore a Baron as Iyveth and yet agreed on to be the auntientess Baron in this lande.”¹

     Arabella Crosbie Ward was the daughter of John Hamilton Ward and Marcia Townsend.¹ She married Rev. Canon Horace Rollo Meyer on 9 July 1902.¹ She died on 1 December 1960.¹
     From 9 July 1902, her married name became Meyer.¹