George Bourchier (Elizabethan soldier)

Sir George Bourchier (c.1535–1605) was an English soldier who fought and settled in Ireland.

He went to western Ireland as a captain in 1570 and remained there throughout the Desmond Rebellions; in 1573 he was seized by James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, he was surrendered after Essex met the Earl of Desmond near Waterford that July; he was knighted by Sir William Drury, Lord Justice of Ireland, in September 1579.

He was one of the seven signatories of a letter from the Irish Executive to the Privy Council in England (dated 4 November 1591) which inclosed the petition of the Mayor and Corporation of Dublin offering the 28-acre (110,000 m2) All Hallows site for the foundation of a university (S.P.O., Ireland, Elizabeth vol.

Two of their sons, Charles (d. 17 September 1584) and Frederick-Philip (d. 8 March 1587), are buried in Kilkenny's cathedral of St. Canice.

In 1614, therefore, Henry, the fifth son, inherited in Ireland from both his father and brother over 18,000 acres (73 km2).