Valentine Browne (1637 - 1694)

Born 1637 in Ireland

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Died 1694 at about age 57 in Ireland

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Biography

Valentine Browne is Notable.

Valentine was born in 1637, and he was 2½ years old when he succeeded his father as the 3rd Baronet Browne, of Mohaliffe, co. Kerry [I., 1622] on 25 April 1640.^[1]

He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] to King James II. He gained the rank of Colonel in the Regiment of Foot, for King James II. He was a Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, County Kerry in February 1687. His last will was dated 7 June 1690. He d. 1694.^[2]

He fought in the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691, where he was taken prisoner by the English and Dutch forces. His large estates in counties Kerry and Cork were forfeited through 'his unviolable fidelity to that unfortunate Monarch' King James II.

Viscount Kenmare

Sir Valentine Browne 3rd Bt. was created 1st Viscount Kenmare [Ireland] and Baron Castlerosse [Ireland] on 20 May 1689, by King James II, after his disposition by the English Parliament, but while he still possessed his rights as King of Ireland. While he had fought for James II, he never seems to have been formally attainted. Consequently, the peerage remained on the Irish patent roll in a constitutionally ambiguous position, but was not formally recognized by the protestant political establishment.

This is one of 7 titles duly inscribed on the patent rolls of Ireland, and have never been erased, although he and his successors were never recognized as holding these titles.

Family

He had five sons and four daughters with Jane Plunkett.^[3].

The sons were:

1. Nicholas
2. Ossory, who was buried on 8th October 1666^[4]
3. Patrick, who was buried on 8th August 1675^[5]
4. James, who was buried 24th October 1680^[6]
5. Valentine, who took the name Plunkett^[7].

The daughters were:^[7][8]

1. Mary, who married George Aylmer of Lyons in County Kildare in 1685^[9]
2. Eilis, who married Nicholas Purcell,^[10] she died in 1737
3. Thomasine, who married Nicholas Bourke of Cahirmoil in County Limerick
4. Catherine, who married Don Luis D'Cunha, the Portugese Ambassador, in 1702, her will of 1749 was proved in 1751^[11].

Research Notes

James Cardonnell's appeal to the House of Lords in 1730 stated that Valentine died in the month he made his will i.e. June 1690.^[9] His will was proved in 1694.^[8] This interpretation is supported as it was his son Nicholas who was attainted not him. This would also mean that the "Viscount Kenmare" who fought at Aughrim was his son Nicholas too.

According to a reader letter to the North Munster Antiquarian Journal,^[12] Jane Plunkett was the 2nd wife of Sir Valentine Browne (b.1638). His 1st wife was Bridget Purcell (died young; no issue), sister to Col. Nicholas Purcell -- the same Nicholas who later married Ellis, who was Sir Valentine's daughter from his 2nd marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ Funeral Entries, Vol. 9 (1640-1663)
2. ↑ Ed. McGuire, James; Quinn, James. Dictionary of Irish Biography, 11 Volumes (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
3. ↑ Smith, Charles. The Antient and Present State of the County of Kerry: Being a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description thereof (1774) Page 46
4. ↑ Ireland Church Registers St. Michan (COI), Dublin
5. ↑ Ireland Church Registers St. Michan (COI), Dublin
6. ↑ Ireland Church Registers St. Michan (COI), Dublin
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Records of the Rolls Volume IX, William III to Anne; Trustee Deeds Settlement, Sir Valentine Browne
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Betham, William. Genealogical abstracts of records of the Prerogative Court of Armagh Series 1, wills: v. 79 Miscellaneous
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} MacLysaght, Edward. The Kenmare Manuscripts Page 42, 474 (Dublin 1942)
10. ↑ Wikipedia:Nicholas_Purcell_of_Loughmoe
11. ↑ Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers PROB 11/787/372
12. ↑ J.G. Barry, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, issue date unavailable, pp.376+
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