Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, styled Lord Naas from 1842 to 1867, was a prominent British statesman, colonial administrator, and diplomat. He was a Member of Parliament from the British
Photograph by William Walker, c. 1867
The Cabinet of the Earl of Derby in 1867
Statue of Lord Mayo in the town of Cockermouth
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, was assassinated on 8 February 1872 by Sher Ali Afridi, a disgruntled Indian soldier of Afghan Muslim background,
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
…1866–8). In 1869, he was appointed as the 4th Viceroy of India with the political title Lord Mayo. During an official visit to Port Blair in 1872, he was assassinated and was the only Viceroy of India to be killed while in office. Mayo was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo…
'The Assassination of Lord Mayo' from Cassel's Illustrated History of India (1880)
Lord Mayo's funeral in Calcutta
Shere Ali, assassin of Lord Mayo
Earl of Mayo, Richard Southwell Bourke