Richard Bourke, bishop of Waterford and Lismore

(1767-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Bourke Richard (1767-1832) Bishop of Waterford and Lismore LBT ID: RiBourk1832	B/BAP: 1767-04-23 DIED: 1832-11-15
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (Supplement to Part II, 1832) 645; thepeerage.com
The son of Joseph Deane Bourke, third Earl of Mayo; he was educated at Christ Church Oxford, and was promoted from Dean of Ardagh to Bishop of Waterford in 1813.
REFERENCES TO Richard Bourke, bishop of Waterford and Lismore: Mark Robinson to Robert Southey, 13 January 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXVIII. 1824-1825