Sir Valentine Browne, 3rd Viscount Kenmare
- Sir Valentine Browne, 3rd Viscount Kenmare
Sir Valentine Browne, (5th Baronet, 3rd Viscount Kenmare) was born in March 1695. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Browne, (4th Baronet, 2nd Viscount Kenmare) and Helen Browne. After the death of his father, in 1720, Valentine Browne succeeded to the family estates which had been under the management of John Asgill due to the fact that his grandfather Sir Valentine Browne (3rd Baronet, 1st Viscount) was a supporter of the Jacobite cause who took part in the Battle of Aughrim. For this he was attainted and the family estates forfeited.
The inheritance to which he succeeded was deep in debt due to mismanagement by Asgill. The difficulty experienced in meeting the heavy encumbrances on the impoverished estate fostered disputes in the family and drove close relatives into law with each other, much of which was both protracted and costly. It is possible that this financial difficulty caused him to refuse the requests of the poet Aodhagán Ó Rathaille to restore his land to him. This refusal caused Ó Rathaille to compose a bitter and mournful poem in which he launches a vitriolic attack on Valentine Browne. In later years however, the estate gained a sound financial position after portions of it were sold.
Valentine Browne married, firstly, Honora Butler, daughter of Colonel Thomas Butler and Lady Margaret Bourke, in November 1720. Honora Butler died of smallpox in 1730.He married, secondly, Mary FitzGerald, daughter of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, in October 1735.Valentine Browne died on the 30th of June 1736 at age 41.He had two children: Sir Thomas Browne (6th baronet, 4th Viscount Kenmare) from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage.
References
Marquis De-Ruvigny, Melville Henry Massue, "The Jacobite Peerage: Baronetage, Knightage & Grants of Honour"
Public Record office of Northern Ireland, Kenmare Papers.
Rev. Patrick S. Dinneen and Tadgh O'Donoghue, 'The Poems of Egan O'Rahilly', Irish Texts Society Vol. III Second Edition
External links
* [http://thepeerage.com/p18428.htm#i184279 Valentine Browne and his descendants]
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