Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara
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The Right Honourable The Lord Connemara GCIE PC |
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"Bobby". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1877.
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| Governor of Madras Presidency | |
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In office 8 December 1886 – 1 December 1890 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | M. E. Grant Duff |
| Succeeded by | John Henry Garstin |
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
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In office 23 February 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Viscount Enfield |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Dilke, Bt. |
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In office 25 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice |
| Succeeded by | James Bryce |
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11 June 1827 Hayes, County Meath |
| Died | 3 September 1902 (aged 75) London, England |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Susan Ramsay (d. 1898) (2) Gertrude (d. 1898) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, GCIE PC (11 June 1827 – 3 September 1902), was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1874 and 1880 and 1885 and 1886, and was Governor of Madras between 1886 and 1890.
Bourke was born into an Anglo-Irish family at Hayes, County Meath, Ireland, the third son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo, and Anne Charlotte, daughter of The Hon. John Jocelyn. His older brother was The 6th Earl of Mayo, a Viceroy of India. He was educated at Hall Place School, Bexley, Kent, and Trinity College, Dublin, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1852.
Bourke practised as a barrister for a number of years before being elected Conservative Member of Parliament for King's Lynn in 1868. In 1874 he became Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Benjamin Disraeli's second administration, a post he held until 1880, when he was also sworn of the Privy Council. He held the same post from 1885 to 1886 in Lord Salisbury's first administration.
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