Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo

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Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, was a 19th-century British Conservative politician and statesman who served as Viceroy and Governor-General of India until his assassination in 1872.

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Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Earl in the Peerage of Ireland
Governor-General of India
Viceroy of India
human
statesman
areaOfInfluence British India
Ireland
aristocraticTitle Earl
causeOfDeath assassination
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Bourke
fieldOfWork Irish politics
colonial administration
givenName Richard
government British India
surface form: British Raj
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
nobleFamily Burke family
surface form: Bourke family
nobleTitle Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo self-linksurface differs
surface form: 6th Earl of Mayo
notableEvent assassination while serving as Viceroy of India in 1872
notableFor being assassinated in office in 1872
serving as Viceroy and Governor-General of India
notableWork administrative reforms in British India
occupation politician
statesman
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
peerage Peerage of Ireland
placeOfBurial Ireland
placeOfDeath Andaman Islands
British India
politicalAlignment Conservatism
positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
Viceroy of India
surface form: Governor-General of India

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Lords
Viceroy of India
religion Anglicanism
title The Right Honourable

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John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence successorAsViceroyOfIndia Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo nobleTitle Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 6th Earl of Mayo