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Maurice Bourke
Captain The Hon. Maurice Archibald Bourke CMG (22 December 1853 – 16 September 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
==Naval career==
Born the son of Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Bourke joined the Royal Navy in 1867 and advanced to command HMS ''Surprise'', Prince Alfred's Royal Yacht in the late 1880s.〔(''The Story of my life Part 4'' by Marie, Queen of Rumania ) The Saturday Evening Post, 6 January 1934〕 In 1891 he was made Flag Captain of HMS ''Victoria''. On 22 June 1893, while manoeuvring under the orders of the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, ''Victoria'' collided with near Tripoli, Lebanon and quickly sank, taking 358 crew with her, including Tryon.〔The Times, 24 June 1893, issue 33986, page 7, 'Terrible naval disaster'〕 At the court martial Bourke was absolved of all blame.〔Andrew Gordon, ''The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command'', John Murray, p.274〕 Bourke also became an extra equerry to Prince Alfred.〔(Whitaker's Almanack 1894 ) p. 94〕
He was appointed Assistant Director of Torpedos in 1895 and Senior Officer of the Newfoundland Fisheries Division in 1896.〔Naval & Military Intelligence, The Times, 17 April 1896〕 He went on to be Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty〔(Senior Royal Naval Appointments )〕 and died in office.〔Obituary: Captain Maurice Bourke, The Times, 19 September 1900〕
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