George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo

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George Browne
Marquess of Sligo
George Ulick Browne and Agatha Stewart Hodgson, circa 1910s.jpg
George Ulick Browne and his wife, Agatha Stewart Hodgson, circa 1910s
Coat of armsArmorial families - a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (1905) (14782820914).jpg
PredecessorHenry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo
SuccessorUlick de Burgh Browne
BornMunger, British India
Spouse(s)Agatha Stewart Hodgson

George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo and 4th Earl of Clanricarde (1 September 1856 – 26 February 1935), styled Lord George Browne until 1913, was an Irish peer.[1]

George was the eldest son of Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo, and his wife Catherine Henrietta Dicken. He was born in Munger, British India. He succeeded to the marquessate in February 1913, aged 56, on the death of his father. He married Agatha Stewart Hodgson, daughter of James Stewart Hodgson, on 12 October 1887. They had three daughters and one son:

Upon the 1916 death of Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde, the Marquess of Sligo also became Earl of Clanricarde.[2] In 1921 he attended the first meeting of the short-lived Senate of Southern Ireland.[3] In 1922 he was photographed by Walter Stoneman.[4]

Andrias sligoi

In 1924 when visiting British Hong Kong, the Marquess of Sligo succeeded in getting a specimen of the South China giant salamander sent to London Zoo. The species was named Megalobatrachus sligoi in his honour; it is today called Andrias sligoi.[5] He died in 1935 in London.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ McGarry, Fearghal (January 21, 2016). The Rising (New Edition): Ireland: Easter 1916. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-104625-4 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Browne, George Ulick (1989-07-13). "View from Album of watercolours and drawings". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "The Senate of Southern Ireland, 1921". www.ark.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (April 22, 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 9781907807442 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "A History of Burke in Ireland". Jim Burke – via Google Books.
  • Burke's Irish Family Records, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, ed., 1976, p. 38.
  • The Complete Peerage, volume XIV, 1998, p. 502.

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Henry Browne 		Marquess of Sligo
1913–1935 		Succeeded by
Ulick de Burgh Browne
Preceded by
Hubert de Burgh-Canning 		Earl of Clanricarde
1916–1935
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