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May 04, 1777 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Died on 12 Aug 1855 (aged 78)
British Army general and colonial administrator
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About Richard Bourke
- General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB (4 May 1777 – 12 August 1855), was an Irish-born British Army officer who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1831 to 1837.
- As a lifelong Whig (Liberal), he encouraged the emancipation of convicts and helped bring forward the ending of penal transportation to Australia.
- In this, he faced strong opposition from the military/conservative establishment and its press.
- He approved a new settlement on the Yarra River, and named it Melbourne, in honour of the incumbent British prime minister, Lord Melbourne.
