John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo
John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801.
Career
He was the eldest son of Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet.He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford from 1784, and later became a D.C.L.. He also served as Colonel of the Kilkenny Militia. He succeeded to his father's titles on the death of his father on 20 August 1794. Before the Act of Union, he was Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords; as compensation from the abolition of the House in 1801, he was awarded an annual pension of £1332.
On 20 February 1810, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland and was elected an Irish representative peer on 2 March 1816. On 11 May 1819, he represented the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews at the baptism of Prince George of Cambridge in Hanover and was appointed a GCH that year.
At the coronation of George IV on 19 July 1821, he carried the Standard of Hanover.