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Sligo, Marquess of (I, 1800)

Creation: let. pat. 29 Dec 1800

Family name: Browne

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Arms:

Sable three Lions passant in bend Argent between four Bendlets of the last

Crest:

An Eagle displayed Vert

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Talbot gorged with a Baron's Coronet proper;  Sinister:  a Horse Argent

Motto:

Suivex Raison (Follow the right)

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John Denis [Browne], 3rd Earl of Altamont later 1st Marquess of Sligo, KP PC

1st son of Peter [Browne], 2nd Earl of Altamont, by his wife Elizabeth Kelly, only dau. and hrss. of Denis Kelly, of Lisduffe, co. Galway, and of Spring Garden, co. Mayo, formerly Chief Justice of Jamaica

born

11 Jun 1756

mar.

21 May 1787 Lady Louisa Catherine Howe (b. 9 Dec 1767; mar. (2) 10 Apr 1813 William [Scott], 1st Baron Stowell;  d. 20 Aug 1817), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Richard [Howe], 1st Earl Howe, by his wife Mary Hartopp, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Chiverton Hartopp, of Welby, co. Leicester

only child:

1. Lord Howe Peter Browne, later 2nd Marquess of Sligo

died

2 Jan 1809

created

29 Dec 1800 Marquess of Sligo (Peerage of Ireland)

20 Feb 1806 Baron Monteagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo (Peerage of the United Kingdom)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Jamestown 1776-80; High Sheriff of co. Mayo 1779; suc. his father 28 Dec 1780 as 3rd Earl of Altamont; Privy Councillor [I] 1785; Knight of St Patrick 1800; a Representative Peer for Ireland 1800-09

Howe Peter [Browne], 2nd Marquess of Sligo, KP PC

born

18 May 1788

mar.

4 Mar 1816 Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh (b. 16 Jan 1800; d. 17 Feb 1878), 1st dau. of John Thomas [de Burgh], 13th and 1st Earl of Clanricarde, by his wife Elizabeth Burke, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Bt., of Marble Hill, co. Galway

children:

1. Lord George John Browne, later 3rd Marquess of Sligo

2. Lord Howe Browne (b. Jan 1821; dvp. Feb 1822)

3. Lt Lord James de Burgh Browne (b. 1823;  d. 6 Apr 1847)

4. Lord John Thomas Browne, later 4th Marquess of Sligo

5. Lord Henry Ulick Browne, later 5th Marquess of Sligo

6. Maj Lord Richard Howe Browne (b. 6 Aug 1834;  d. 28 Oct 1912), mar. 16 Dec 1863 Agnes Elizabeth Amesbury (d. 17 Jan 1885), dau. of Dr Joseph Amesbury, of Brighton, co. Sussex, and had issue

1. Lady Louisa Catherine Browne (d. 14 Dec 1891), mar. 16 May 1839 Charles Knox, of Castle Lacken, co. Mayo (d. 14 Mar 1867), and had issue

2. Lady Elizabeth Browne (d. 2 May 1892)

3. Lady Catherine Browne (dvp. 7 Jun 1844)

4. Lady Harriet Browne (d. 29 Jun 1904), mar. 31 Mar 1853 Sir Robert Lynch-Blosse, 10th Bt., and had issue

5. Lady Emily Charlotte Browne (14 Mar 1916)

6. Lady Hester Georgiana Browne (d. 10 Jan 1925), mar. 7 Aug 1858 Col Hon Shapland Francis Carew, 2nd son of Robert Shapland [Carew], 1st Baron Carew, and had issue

7. Lady Augusta Browne (d. 25 Mar 1909)

8. Lady Marian Browne (d. 30 Mar 1916), mar. 2 Jun 1868 Hugh Wilbraham, of Old Head House, co. Mayo (d. 19 Jul 1890), and had issue

died

26 Jan 1845

suc. by

son

note

Privy Councillor [I] 1809 and [GB] 1834; Lord Lieutenant of co. Mayo 1831-34 and 1842-45; Knight of St Patrick 1810; Governor-General of Jamaica 1833-36

George John [Browne], 3rd Marquess of Sligo

born

31 Jan 1820

mar. (1)

3 May 1847 his cousin Hon Louisa Ellen Frances Augusta Sydney Smythe (b. 21 Feb 1823; dvp. and spm. 23 Nov 1852), 2nd dau. of Percy Clinton Sydney [Smythe], 6th Viscount Strangford, by his wife Ellen Burke, 5th dau. of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Bt., of Marble Hill, co. Galway

only child by first wife

1. Lady Catherine Philippa Ellen Browne (dvp. 2 Mar 1855)

mar. (2)

20 Jul 1858 his second cousin Lady Julia Catherine Anne Nugent (b. 13 Jun 1830; d. 25 Jun 1859), 1st dau. of Anthony Francis [Nugent], 9th Earl of Westmeath, by his wife Anne Catherine Daly, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Malachy Daly, of Raford, co. Galway, by his wife Julia Burke, 2nd dau. of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Bt., of Marble Hill, co. Galway

only child by second wife

2. Lady Julia Ellen Anne Catherine Browne (dvp. 25 Apr 1864)

mar. (3)

6 Jun 1878 Isabelle Raymonde (b. 29 Oct 1841; d. 26 May 1927), 3rd dau. of Vicomte de Peyronnet

children by third wife:

3. Lady Mary Isabel Peyronnet Browne (b. 6 Nov 1881;  d. 18 Dec 1948)

4. Lady Isabel Mary Peyronnet Browne OBE (b. 6 Nov 1881;  d. 8 Jun 1947)

died

s.p.m. 30 Dec 1896

suc. by

brother

John Thomas [Browne], 4th Marquess of Sligo

born

10 Sep 1824

died

30 Dec 1903

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for co. Mayo 1857-68

Henry Ulick [Browne], 5th Marquess of Sligo

born

14 Mar 1831

mar.

25 Oct 1855 Catherine Henrietta Dicken (d. 26 Nov 1914), dau. of William Stephens Dicken, Deputy Inspector-General Indian Medical Service

children:

1. Lord George Ulick Browne, later 6th Marquess of Sligo

2. Capt Lord Herbert Richard Browne (b. 11 Oct 1858;  d. 9 Sep 1890)

3. Lord Arthur Howe Browne, later 8th Marquess of Sligo

4. Lord Terence Morris Browne, later 9th Marquess of Sligo

5. Lt Col Lord Alfred Eden Browne DSO (b. 30 Nov 1878;  d. 27 Aug 1918), mar. 2 Apr 1908 Cicely Wormald (d. 16 Aug 1918), yst. dau. of Edward Wormald, of Sheepwell House, co. Hertford, and had issue:

1a. Denis Edward Browne, later 10th Marquess of Sligo

2a. Capt Lord Ulick Browne, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Marquess by Royal Warrant 2 May 1953 (b. 16 Jan 1915;  d. 21 Oct 1979), mar. (1) 3 Jan 1942 Mrs Elma Valerie Warren (d. 21 Sep 1959), 2nd dau. of Capt Andrew Burmanoff, and (2) Mar 1962 Fiona Glenn, dau. of John Glenn, of East Grinstead, co. Sussex, and had issue by his second wife:

1b. Sebastian Ulick Browne, later 12th Marquess of Sligo

1b. Ulicia Catherine Browne (b. 28 Nov 1962), mar. 1993 Giles P T Edwards, only son of Peter Guy Edwards, of Low Walworth Hall, Darlington, co. Durham, and has issue

1a. Lady Sheelah Annette Browne, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Marquess by Royal Warrant 2 May 1953 (b. 13 Dec 1908), mar. 2 Jan 1930 John Dalrymple Winn Treherne (d. 1972), son of Apsley Treherne, and has issue

2a. Lady Noreen Browne, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Marquess by Royal Warrant 2 May 1953 (b. 16 May 1910), mar. 1 Jun 1931 Clive Ali Chimmo Branson (d. 1944), son of Maj L H Branson, and has issue

1. Lady Catherine Elizabeth Browne (d. 13 Feb 1874)

2. Lady Edith Hester Browne (b. 12 Mar 1860;  d. 6 Mar 1936), mar. 4 Jun 1881 John George Charles (d. 25 Oct 1915), and had issue

3. Lady Florence Marion Browne (b. 13 Jan 1863;  d. 22 Nov 1946), mar. 23 Oct 1886 Lt Col William Randal Hamilton Beresford later Beresford-Ash, of Ashbrook, co. Londonderry (d. 8 Mar 1938), 1st son of John Barre Beresford, of Learmount Park, co. Derry, by his second wife Caroline Ash, only child of William and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton Ash, of Ashbrook, co. Londonderry, and had issue

4. Lady Norah Browne (b. 28 Sep 1873;  d. 28 Dec 1948), mar. 29 Jun 1904 Thomas Jasper Mutton More OBE, of Linley Hall, Bishop's Castle, co. Salop (d. 15 Jan 1947), and had issue

5. Lady Alice Evelyn Browne (b. 31 Mar 1877;  d. 6 Aug 1970), mar. 19 Oct 1898 John FitzGerald Mahon (d. 5 Nov 1942), 4th son of Rev Sir William Vesey Ross Mahon, 4th Bt., and had issue

died

24 Feb 1913

suc. by

son

George Ulick [Browne], 6th Marquess of Sligo

born

1 Sep 1856

mar.

12 Oct 1887 Agatha Stewart Hodgson (d. 4 Jan 1965), dau. of James Stewart Hodgson, of Lythe Hill, Haslemere

children:

1. Lord Ulick de Burgh Browne, later 7th Marquess of Sligo

1. Lady Eileen Agatha Browne (b. 3 Sep 1889;  dsp. 18 Sep 1940), mar. 16 Apr 1921 James Richard [Stanhope], 7th Earl Stanhope

2. Lady Moyra Melisande Browne (b. 22 Sep 1892;  d. 7 Mar 1974), mar. 15 Feb 1912 Allan William George Campbell, of Honington Lodge, Shipston-on-Stour, co. Warwick (d. 20 Sep 1914), only son of Allan Campbell, of Mayfair, London, and had issue

3. Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne CI DStJ (b. 29 May 1896;  d. 27 Aug 1979), mar. 22 Jan 1919 Michael Herbert Rudolf [Knatchbull-Hugesson later Knatchbull], 5th Baron Brabourne, and had issue

died

26 Feb 1935

suc. by

son

note

suc. his cousin once removed 12 Apr 1916 as 4th Earl of Clanricarde; Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of co. Meath

Ulick de Burgh [Browne], 7th Marquess of Sligo, MC

born

30 Mar 1898

died

7 Jan 1941

suc. by

uncle

Arthur Howe [Browne], 8th Marquess of Sligo, KBE CB

born

8 May 1867

mar.

18 Nov 1919 Lilian Whiteside Mann (widow of Maj Arthur Frederick Mann;  d. 13 Aug 1953), dau. of Charles Chapman, Deputy Commissioner of Oudh, India

died

s.p. 28 May 1951

suc. by

brother

Terence Morris [Browne], 9th Marquess of Sligo

born

28 Sep 1873

died

28 Jul 1952

suc. by

nephew

Denis Edward [Browne], 10th Marquess of Sligo

born

13 Dec 1908

mar.

12 Nov 1930 José Gauche, dau. of William Gauche

only child:

1. Lord Jeremy Ulick Browne, later 11th Marquess of Sligo

died

11 Sep 1991

suc. by

son

Jeremy Ulick [Browne], 11th Marquess of Sligo

born

4 Jun 1939

mar.

26 Oct 1961 Jennifer June Lushington Cooper, only dau. of Maj (George) Derek Cooper MC, of Dunlewey, Gweedore, co. Donegal, by his first wife Pamela Armstrong-Lushington-Tulloch (mar. (2) Cyril Heber Percy), 1st dau. of Kinmount Willie Armstrong-Lushington-Tulloch, of Shanbolard, Moyard, co. Galway

children:

1. Lady Sheelyn Felicity Browne (b. 1 Jun 1963)

2. Lady Karen Lavinia Browne (b. 3 Jul 1964), mar. 19.. Kevin .....

3. Lady Lucinda Jane Browne (b. 18 May 1969), mar. 19.. Alan .....

4. Lady Clare Romane Browne (b. 23 Dec 1974)

5. Lady Alannah Pamela Josephine Browne (b. 1 Mar 1980)

died

13 Jul 2014

suc. by

first cousin

Sebastian Ulick [Browne], 12th Marquess of Sligo

born

27 May 1964

mar.

1944 (div. 1992) Christina Maria Suaznabar, yst. dau. of Luis Suaznabar, of Bolivia

children:

1. Lord Christopher Ulick Browne, styled Earl of Altamont (b. 14 Nov 1988)

1. Lady Camilla Browne (b. 1986)

Last updated 21 Jul 2014

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Titles:

12th Marquess of Sligo

(Ireland, let. pat. 29 Dec 1800)

14th Earl of Altamont

(Ireland, let. pat. 4 Dec 1771)

10th Earl of Clanricarde

(Ireland, let. pat. 29 Dec 1800)

14th Viscount Westport

(Ireland, let. pat. 24 Aug 1768)

14th Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo

(Ireland, let. pat. 20 Aug 1760)

12th Baron Monteagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 20 Feb 1806)

Address:

Westport House, Co. Mayo, Eire

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