BOURKE 257 VII. 1687 7. William (Bourke), Baron Bourke of Connell, to or Castle Connell [I.], s. and h. He sat in the Pari. [I.] 1691. of James II, 7 May 1689, (^) and followed that King into exile. He was attainted in 1691, when his Peerage became forfeited. He d. s.p. in France.() BOURKE OF MAYO See under "Mayo," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 162J; extinct 1767. BOURKE On 3 Feb. 1726/7 Sir Toby [Theobald] Bourice was cr. BARON BOURKE [I.] by the titular King James III. He was Envoy from James III to the King of Spain, Apr. i'Jo§.{) BOWEN OF COLWOOD BARONY Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, ist s. of the FOR LIFE. Rev. Christopher Bowen, of Hollymount, co. Mayo, y „ sometime Rector of St. Thomas's, Winchester, by Cathe- "■^ rine,('^) da. of Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bart. [I.]. He was » ^. at Woolaston, near Chepstow, 29 Aug. 1831; ed. at 94- Rugby (1843), and at Ball. Coll. Oxford; Scholar, 1854; (^) For a list of peers present in, and absent from, this Pari, see vol. iii. Appendix D. V.G. C") The next in succession to the title (had it not been for the attainder) was John Bourke, his cousin and h. male {ityllng himself Lord Bourke of Brittas [I.]), being s. and h. of Theobald, sometime 3rd Lord Bourke of Brittas [attainted 1 691), s. and h. of William Bourke, br. of John, and Lord Bourke of Brittas, both being sons of Theobald, ist Lord Bourke of Brittas, who was next br. to Thomas, 4th Baron Bourke of Connell abovenamed. He was one of the exiled followers of the Stuart Kings in France. He m. Catharine, da. of Col. Gordon O'Neil, and d. at St. Germain, near Paris, leaving issue two sons — viz.: (i) John Bourke, styling himself Lord Bourke of Connell and of Brittas [I.], s. and h., Captain in the French service, of whom nothing further is known; and (2) Thomas Bourke, Lieut. Gen. in the Sardinian service. In the event of the issue male of Theobald, ist Lord Bourke of Brittas, being extinct, that of the 4 younger sons of the ist Lord Bourke of Connell may still exist. These were — (i) Ulick B., of Garaneeky, co. Limerick; (2) William B., slain in battle, 19 Aug. 1578; (3) David B.; and (4) John B., of Cappagh. G.E.C. The above pedigree, which is drawn from Lodge, is clearly in- accurate in some particulars. See ante, p. 253, note "d," sub Bourke of Brittas, which contradicts it. V.G. {^) For a list of the Jacobite Peerage see vol. i. Appendix F. {^) Frances, one of her sisters, m. John Synge, of Glanmore Castle, co. Wicklow, while Emily, another sister, m. the Rev. Edward Synge; hence her son was named Synge. 34
