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Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo

1929 – 2006

Royal Navy officer and peer

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Lived 1929 – 2006 (aged 77). Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo was a British aircraft pilot.

Terence Patrick Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo (; ; 26 August 1929 – 22 September 2006) spent much of his life in England, before moving to Ireland and finally France. He was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, ran a printing company, stood for parliament, managed a marble quarrying company in Ireland, and finally bred deer in south-west France.

Early life Bourke was born in Gosforth, Northumbria, the son of the Hon. Bryan Longley Bourke, third son of Walter Longley Bourke, 8th Earl of Mayo. He was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School in Rottingdean and then at the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, as a cadet. He was commissioned into the Royal Navy and joined the Fleet Air Arm, flying Sea Hawks in the Suez Crisis of 1956. He later flew aerobatics with No. 703 Naval Air Squadron and left the Navy on medical grounds in 1959.

Charles Diarmuidh John Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo (born 11 June 1953) Hon Patrick Anthony Bourke (born 16 December 1955) Hon Harry Richard Bourke (born 23 September 1960)

They were divorced in 1987. Later that year Lord Mayo married secondly Sally Anne Matthews. They had one son:

Hon James Edward Maurice Bourke (born 1986)

With his second wife and their son, he moved to a chateau in the south-west of France, where he bred deer.

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Britannia Royal Naval College, St. Aubyns School, Dartmouth Royal Naval College, Rottingdean
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Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo

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Who was Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo?

Royal Navy officer and peer (1929–2006)

When was Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo born?

Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo was born on 26 August 1929 in Gosforth.

When did Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo die?

Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo died on 22 September 2006 in France.

What was Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo's occupation?

Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo was an aircraft pilot.

What nationality was Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo?

Terence Bourke, 10th Earl of Mayo was British.

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