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Mayo, Richard Southwark Bourke, Earl of

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Statesman, born and educated in Dublin; entered Parliament 1847, and was Chief Secretary for Ireland in Conservative Governments 1852,1858, and 1866, opposing Gladstone's Irish Church resolutions; in 1868 he succeeded Lord Lawrence as Viceroy of India, in which office he proved himself a prudent statesman, a sound financier, and a just and wise administrator; he was murdered by a fanatic in the Andaman Islands, and universally mourned (1822-1872).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mayo, Richard Southwark Bourke, Earl of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mayo-richard-southwark-bourke-earl-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.