Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont

Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont (c. 1731 - 28 December 1780) was an Irish landowner, absentee slaveholder and MP.

He was the son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only legitimate child and heiress of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752.^[1] Den(n)is Kelly was Chief Justice of Jamaica and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican slave plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the civil parish of Tynagh, . The townland of Lisduff exceeds 264 acres while the townland of Spring Garden exceeds 275 acres.^[2] The Lisduff estate was acquired from Denis Kelly's brother, Edmond Kelly. The estate was enlarged by land purchases in the townland of Drumatober (also in the Barony of Leitrim, Abbeygormacan civil parish) and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750.^[3] He adopted the additional surname of Kelly. Elizabeth Kelly'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 aristocratic families of Britain.

Peter Browne was elected Member of Parliament for Mayo in the Parliament of Ireland for 1761 to 1768.^[4]

Issue[]

Charlotte, died 23 January 1849
John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo
Denis Browne (politician)
Elizabeth, c. 1765-1795
Anne, Countess of Desart, Viscountess Desart, Viscountess Castlecuffe, Baroness Desart (c. 1765–1814), married Otway Cuffe, 1st Earl of Desart

References[]

^ Lodge, John, "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.
^ "Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
^ Landed estates.
^ "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Paul Annesley Gore James Cuffe	Member of Parliament for Mayo 1761 – 1768 With: Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt	Succeeded by Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt James Cuffe II
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Browne	Earl of Altamont 1776 – 1780	Succeeded by John Browne

[1] Lodge, John, "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.

[2] "Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

[3] Landed estates.

[4] "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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