2816 x 3539 px | 23,8 x 30 cm | 9,4 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2012
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These illustrations are taken from book The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.K., And His Times. 1883. Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo KP, GMSI, PC (21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872), styled Lord Naas between 1842 and 1867, was a statesman and prominent member of the British Conservative Party from Dublin, Ireland. After travelling in Russia, Mayo entered parliament for Kildare in 1847, a seat he held until 1852, and then represented Coleraine from 1852 to 1857 and Cockermouth from 1857 to 1868. He was thrice appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland - in 1852, 1858 and 1866 - and in 1869 he became the fourth Viceroy of India. He consolidated the frontiers of India and reorganised the country's finances; he also did much to promote irrigation, railways, forests and other useful public works. The European-oriented Mayo College at Ajmer was founded by him for the education of young Indian chiefs, with £70, 000 being subscribed by the chiefs themselves. While visiting the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, for the purpose of inspection, he was assassinated by Sher Ali, a Pathan convict who used a knife. His murderer appeared to be motivated only by a sense of injustice at his own imprisonment, and had resolved to kill a high ranking colonial official. Mayo's body was brought home to Ireland and buried at the medieval ruined church in Johnstown, County Kildare, near his home at Palmerstown House. In 1873, the newly-discovered swallowtail butterfly Papilio mayo from the Andaman Islands was named in honor of the late earl. The traditional Irish march "Lord Mayo" ("Tiagharna Mhaighe-eo") was also named after him. According to tradition, it was composed by his harper David Murphy to appease Mayo after Murphy angered him. On 19 August 1875 a statue of Lord Mayo was unveiled in the town of Cockermouth in the centre of the main street.
