John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo
Sir John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo, KP, PC (Ire) (11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809) was an Irish peer, absentee slaveholder and politician, and was the son of Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont, and his wife Elizabeth, née Kelly, heiress and daughter of Denis Kelly, Chief Justice of Jamaica. Peter's marriage to Elizabeth led to the family inheriting the Kelly's slave plantations in Jamaica.[1] The aforementioned Denis Kelly's illegitimate daughter (that is, Elizabeth's half-sister), Priscilla Kelly, married Robert Cooper Lee, Crown Solicitor-General of Jamaica. Their daughter, Favell Bourke Lee, married David Bevan, a British banker, of Barclay, Bevan, Bennin, Tritton (forerunners of Barclays Bank DCO). This united several families of Britain's aristocracy.
John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo | |
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| Representative peer for Ireland | |
| In office 1800–1809 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Ireland | |
| In office 1776–1780 | |
Browne was styled Viscount Westport from 1771 to 1780 and known as John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont from 1780 to 1800. Browne represented Jamestown in the Irish House of Commons from 1776 to 1780, when he succeeded as Earl of Altamont. He served as High Sheriff of Mayo for 1779. He became Marquess of Sligo on 29 December 1800 and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 5 August 1800.[2] He died on 2 June 1809 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Family
He was married to Lady Louisa Catherine Howe. After their marriage, she was known as the Countess of Altamont and then the Marchioness of Sligo. His great-grandnephew was the British composer and poet, William Charles Denis Browne (1888–1915).
References
- "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery".
- Rayment, Leigh. "Knights of the Order of St Patrick". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
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