William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell

The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
The Lord Bourke of Castleconnell
The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel The Lord Bourke of Castleconnell
Uilleag de Búrca
Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
	In office; 1689–1692
Monarch	James II
Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick
	In office; 1689–1691
Member of the Irish House of Lords
	Hereditary Peerage; c.1680–c.1691
Preceded by	Thomas Bourke
Succeeded by	Forfeit
Personal details
Born	William Bourke; Ireland
Died	c.1691; France
Parents	Thomas Bourke; Margaret Hore;
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1689–1692
Rank	Captain (1789); Lieutenant-Colonel (1691);
Commands	Earl of Tyrone's Regiment of Foot; Sutherland's Regiment of Horse;
Battles / wars	Battle of Aughrim (1691)

William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c.1691) was an Irish Jacobite peer.

Background

Bourke was the son of Thomas Bourke, 7th Baron Bourke of Connell and Margaret Hore. He inherited his father's peerage in 1680. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Limerick and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick by James II of England.^[1] During the Williamite War in Ireland, he was summoned to the Irish House of Lords in the brief Patriot Parliament called by James in 1689 and received a commission as a Captain in the Earl of Tyrone's Regiment of Foot.^[2]^[3] He later became a Lieutenant colonel in Sutherland's Regiment of Horse and fought at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Exile

Following the Jacobite defeat, Bourke followed James into exile in France and was attainted of his title and estates by the English government.^[4] He died in France in obscurity.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell
	Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Or, a cross gules, in the first quarter a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect sable. Supporters Two Cats-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or^[5]

References

Citations

^ Barry, James Grene (1889). "The Bourkes of Clanwilliam". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 9 (80): 192–203. ISSN 0790-6382.
^ O'Hart, John (1892). The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 2 (5th ed.). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ "University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Critical Studies - Research - Research Centres and Networks - Centre for Robert Burns Studies - Our research - Jacobite Officers Database - THE DATABASE - B". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ "Bourke, William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

Bibliography

Barry, James Grene (1889). "The Bourkes of Clanwilliam". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 9 (80): 192–203. ISSN 0790-6382.
Burke, Bernard (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Burke's Peerage.
Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. London: Harrison & Sons.
O'Hart, John (1892). The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 2 (5th ed.). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
"Bourke, William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

Honorary titles
Preceded by	Lord Lieutenant of Limerick 1689–1692	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick 1689–1692	Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Thomas Bourke	Baron Bourke of Castleconnell 1680–1691	Forfeit

[1] Barry, James Grene (1889). "The Bourkes of Clanwilliam". The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 9 (80): 192–203. ISSN 0790-6382.

[2] O'Hart, John (1892). The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Vol. 2 (5th ed.). Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[3] "University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Critical Studies - Research - Research Centres and Networks - Centre for Robert Burns Studies - Our research - Jacobite Officers Database - THE DATABASE - B". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[4] "Bourke, William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2024-05-07.

[5] Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London: Harrison & Sons.

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