William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell
William Bourke, 8th Baron Bourke of Connell (died c.1691) was an Irish Jacobite peer.
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.
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.
References
- ^ Barry, James Grene. The Bourkes of Clanwilliam. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, Vol. 9, No. 80 (July–October 1889), p.201.
- ^ O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ BOURKE, William. 8th Baron Bourke, LORD CASTLECONNELL. Officers of the Jacobite Armies, Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Ó Siochrú, Micheál, Bourke, William, Dictionary of Irish Biography (October 2009). Retrieved 4 February 2023.