Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Richard Bourke
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Description area
Dates of existence
1777-1855
History
Sir Richard Bourke (1777-1855), governor, was born on 4 May 1777 in Dublin, the son of John Bourke of Drumsally, County Limerick, and his wife Anne, daughter of Edmund Ryan of Boscable, County Tipperary. He was educated at Westminster School and at Oxford (B.A., 1798). For more information see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bourke-sir-richard-1806