Baron Oranmore and Browne

Baron Oranmore and Browne, of Carrabrowne Castle in the County of Galway and of Castle Macgarrett in the County of Mayo, is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of Ireland, which is run by the family Browne.

The family seat was temporarily Mereworth Castle in Kent, England.

Award

The title was created in 1836 for Dominick Browne. He had previously represented for many years the County Mayo in the House of Commons.

Another title

The third Baron was awarded in 1926 the title of Baron Mereworth, of Mereworth Castle in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This he got, except by virtue of the Irish title, to the House of Lords Act 1999 an automatic seat in the House of Lords.

List of Barons Oranmore and Browne (1836 )

  • Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne ( 1787-1860 )
  • Geoffrey Dominick Augustus Frederick Guthrie - Browne, 2nd Baron Oranmore and Browne ( 1819-1900 )
  • Geoffrey Henry Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne ( 1861-1927 )
  • Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne ( 1901-2002 )
  • Dominick Geoffrey Thomas Browne, 5th Baron Oranmore and Browne ( born 1929 )

Expected heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the present Baron, Hon Martin Michael Dominick Browne ( born 1931 ).

Swell

  • Charles Kidd, David Williamson (ed.): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page
  • Www.thepeerage.com
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County Galway Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne
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