Peerage Record – 5752

     Doris Wills was the daughter of Allan Wills.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Nigel Edward Jocelyn Bourke, son of Major Hon. Edward Roden Bourke and Emma Mary Augusta Hatch, in 1927.¹ She died in 1949.¹
     Her married name became Bourke.

     Allan Wills lived at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Lt.-Gen. John Jocelyn Bourke was born on 5 October 1823.¹ He was the son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn.¹ He died on 25 September 1904 at age 80, unmarried.¹
     He fought in the Crimean War, with the 88th Connaught Rangers.¹ He fought in the Indian Mutiny.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the Essex Regiment.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Meath.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Meath.¹

     Robert Bourke, 1st and last Baron Connemara was born on 11 June 1827.¹ He was the son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn.¹ He married, firstly, Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay, daughter of Sir James Andrew Ramsay, 1st and last Marquess of Dalhousie of Dalhousie Castle and Lady Susan Georgiana Hay, on 21 November 1863.¹ He and Lady Susan Georgiana Ramsay were divorced in 1890.¹ He married, secondly, Gertrude Lawrence Knight Walsh, daughter of James Thomas Walsh and Amelia Augusta Martha Grobecker, on 22 October 1894.¹ He died on 3 September 1902 at age 75, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Hall Place School, Bexley, Kent, England^G.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1852 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for King’s Lynn between 1868 and 1886.¹ He held the office of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 1874 and 1880.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1880.¹ He held the office of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 1885 and 1886.¹ He held the office of Governor of Madras between 1886 and 1890.¹ He was created 1st Baron Connemara, of Connemara, co. Galway [U.K.] on 12 May 1887.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) on 21 June 1887.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of East Lothian.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for East Lothian.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     
     On his death, his barony became extinct.¹

     Rev. Hon. George Wingfield Bourke was born on 16 February 1829.¹ He was the son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn.¹ He married Mary Henrietta Longley, daughter of Most Rev. Charles Thomas Longley and Hon. Caroline Sophia Parnell, on 9 December 1858.¹ He died on 9 October 1903 at age 74.¹
     He graduated from Durham University, Durham, County Durham, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was Honorary Chaplain and Chaplain-in-Ordinary to HM Queen Victoria.¹ He held the office of Rural Dean of Storrington.¹ He was the Rector at Pulborough, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Mary Henrietta Longley was the daughter of Most Rev. Charles Thomas Longley and Hon. Caroline Sophia Parnell.¹ She married Rev. Hon. George Wingfield Bourke, son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn, on 9 December 1858.¹ She died on 22 August 1906.¹
     Her married name became Bourke.

     Emma Leigh Powys-Keck was born in 1983.¹ She is the daughter of Piers Anthony Powys-Keck and Pauline Ann Short.¹

     Walter Longley Bourke, 8th Earl of Mayo was born on 28 November 1859.¹ He was the son of Rev. Hon. George Wingfield Bourke and Mary Henrietta Longley.¹ He married, firstly, Ethel Kathleen Jane Freeman, daughter of John W. Freeman, on 8 June 1887.² He married, secondly, Margaret Anah Scott, daughter of Major John Harvey Scott, on 21 December 1916.² He died on 6 May 1939 at age 79.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Lancashire.² He was with the Chief Engineer’s staff during the construction of Forth Bridge.² He was president of the Land Agent’s Society between 1927 and 1928.² He succeeded as the 8th Viscount Mayo of Monycrower, co. Mayo [I., 1781] on 31 December 1927.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baron Naas of Naas, co. Kildare [I., 1776] on 31 December 1927.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Earl of the County of Mayo [I., 1785] on 31 December 1927.¹ He was Resident Engineer of the Manchester Ship Canal Construction Company.² He gained the rank of Major in the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial Yeomanry.² He was appointed Fellow, Land Agents’ Society (F.L.A.S.)² He was appointed Fellow, Royal Photographic Society (F.R.P.S.)² He was president of College of Estate Management between 1937 and 1938.²

     Hon. Henry Lorton Bourke was born on 26 September 1840.² He was the son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn.^1,2 He married Constance Una Elizabeth Lambart, daughter of Gustavus William Lambart and Lady Frances Caroline Maria Conyngham, on 18 December 1876.¹ He died on 30 January 1911 at age 70, without issue.¹
     He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He lived at Hayes, Beau Park, County Meath, Ireland^G.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Middlesex.² He lived at Wootton Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England^G.²

     Constance Una Elizabeth Lambart was born on 16 September 1856.¹ She was the daughter of Gustavus William Lambart and Lady Frances Caroline Maria Conyngham. She married Hon. Henry Lorton Bourke, son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo and Anne Charlotte Jocelyn, on 18 December 1876.¹ She died on 2 July 1925 at age 68.¹
     Her married name became Bourke. She was Extra Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Albany.¹