Thom's Irish Who's Who/Mayo, Earl of

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3303839Thom's Irish Who's Who — Mayo, Earl of


MAYO, Earl of, 1785; Viscount Mayo, 1781, Baron Naas, 1766 (Irld.), Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke, 7th Earl; K.P. (1904); P.C. (Irld.), 1900; elected a Representative Peer for Ireland (1890), in succession to 6th Earl of Milltown, dec.; J.P. and Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, Co. Kildare; late Cornet 10th Hussars and Lieut. Gren. Guards. Educ. at Eton; eldest son of Richard Southwell, 6th Earl, K.P., G.M.S.I., M.A., P.C, LL.D. Governor-General of India, and Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham, Countess of Mayo, C.I., V.A., dau. of 1st Baron Leconfield; b. 2nd July, 1851; s. his father, 8th Feb., 1972; m. 3rd Nov., 1885, Geraldine, dau. of the Hon. Gerald and Lady Maria Ponsonby. Recns.: hunting, shooting, and fishing. Res.: 3 Stratford Place, London, W.: Palmerston House, Straffan, Co. Kildare; Oakhill, Hungherford. Clubs: White's, London; Kildare Street, Dublin.