John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont
John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, (born c. 1709-4 July 1776), an Irish peer and politician, was a son of Peter Browne and Mary Daly. He was created 1st Earl of Altamont on 4 December 1771.
Paternal ancestors
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- Josias Browne (born 1587 - died 1634), buried at Kilmaine.
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- Sir John Browne, 1st Baronet, The Neale (born 1605 - died 1670). The Neale is located in the civil parish of Kilmolara in the Barony of Kilmaine.[1]
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- Sir George Browne, 2nd Baronet, The Neale (d. 1698) who was an ancestor of Baron Kilmaine.
- Colonel John Browne (born 1638 - died about 1711)
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- Peter Browne (b. 1670; d. 1724)
Maternal ancestors
- Denis Daly of Carrownekelly who married Mary Power. Her great-grandfather was Dermot Ó Daly, her grandmother been Anastasia Darcy, a member of the Tribes of Galway.
Career
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in July 1725. He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1731, and was elected M.P. for Castlebar in 1744, an office he held until 1760.
Family and issue
He married Anne Gore, daughter of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Annesley, in December 1729. Their children - six sons and four daughters - included[2]:
- Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont, c. 1731-28 Dec 1780
- Rt. Hon. Colonel Arthur Browne (b. 14 Mar 1731-21 Jul 1779, Boston, New England), served at Quebec, 1770s MP for Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
- Lady Anne Browne, c. 1740-21 Feb 1815
- George, MP, c. 1735-1782; a grandfather of the 1st Lord Oranmore and Browne
- James, MP and Prime Serjeant of Ireland, c. 1736-1790
- Henry, (b. 1738; d. 28 Jan 1811, Molesworth Street, Dublin)
- John
References
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland - The Neale.
- ^ Browne family tree.
- Westport House and the Brownes, Denis Browne, Westport, 1981
- Dictionary of Irish Biography, p.917, Cambridge, 2010
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