Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara

The Right Honourable
The Lord Connemara
GCIE PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Connemara GCIE PC
	"Bobby". Caricature in Vanity Fair, 1877.
Governor of Madras Presidency
	In office; 8 December 1886 – December 1890
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	M. E. Grant Duff
Succeeded by	John Henry Garstin
Under-Secretary of State ; for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 23 February 1874 – 21 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	Viscount Enfield
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Dilke
	In office; 25 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
Succeeded by	James Bryce
Preceded by
Parliamentary Offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Hereditary Peerage; 10 May 1887 – 3 September 1902
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Extinct
Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
	In office; 1868–1886 Serving with Lord Stanley; Lord Claud Hamilton; Sir William ffolkes;
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Buxton; Lord Stanley;
Succeeded by	Weston Jarvis
Personal details
Born	Robert Bourke; 11 June 1827; Hayes, County Meath, Ireland
Died	3 September 1902 (aged 75); London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Lady Susan Ramsay (m. 1863; div. 1890); Gertrude (m. 1894; died 1898);
Parents	Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo; Anne Charlotte Jocelyn;
Relatives	Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (brother)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, GCIE, PC (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; /kɒnɛmɑːræ/; CONEH-mar-a; 11 June 1827 – 3 September 1902) was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1874–80, 1885–86) and Governor of Madras (1886–90).