Baron Kilmaine

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Barony of Kilmaine
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Coat of arms of the Marquess of Sligo.svg
Arms of Browne, Baron Kilmaine:Sable, three lions passant in bend argent between four bendlets argent; Crest: An eagle displayed vert; Supporters: Two lions regardant argent ducally crowned plain collared and chained or
Creation date21 September 1789
CreationSecond
Created by King George III
Peerage Peerage of Ireland
First holder Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet
Present holderJohn Browne, 8th Baron Kilmaine
Heir presumptiveMark Caulfield-Browne
Remainder toHeirs male of the first baron's body lawfully begotten
StatusExtant
Former seat(s) Westport House
MottoSUIVEZ RAISON
("Follow the right")

Baron Kilmaine is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1722 in favour of the soldier the Hon. James O'Hara. Two years later he succeeded his father as Baron Tyrawley. However, both titles became extinct on the second Baron Tyrawley's death in 1773 without legitimate sons. [1]

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The second creation came in 1789 when Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, of The Neale, was created Baron Kilmaine, of The Neale in the County of Mayo. He had previously represented Newtownards and Carlow in the Irish House of Commons. His grandson, the third Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish representative peer from 1849 to 1873. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Baron. He was an Irish Representative Peer from 1890 to 1907, when he killed himself by jumping out of the window of a hotel in Paris. [2] His son, the fifth Baron, sat as an Irish Representative Peer from 1911 to 1946, when he also died by suicide by drinking poison. [1] [3]

The seventh Baron lived in the West Midlands, was a founder of Whale Tankers Ltd, of Ravenshaw, Solihull. His widow, Linda (Lady Kilmaine), is a former High Sheriff of Warwickshire.As of 2013 the titles are held by the latter's only son, John, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013. He lives in a Camphill community in South Wales. The seventh Baron served as a Trustee of his son's care home and left a legacy in his will to commission to a state of the art accommodation block to house five individuals with learning disabilities. [4] [5]


The Browne baronetcy, of The Neale in the County of Mayo, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1636 for John Browne. However, he never assumed the title. The baronetcy was actually only assumed for the first time by his great-great-grandson, the sixth Baronet. The latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet, who was created Baron Kilmaine in 1789. [1]

Two other members of the Browne family have been elevated to the peerage. John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (the grandfather of John Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo), was the grandson of Colonel John Browne, younger son of Sir John Browne, 1st Baronet. Consequently, the present Marquess of Sligo is also in remainder to the Browne baronetcy, of The Neale. Furthermore, Augusta Browne, youngest daughter of the Very Reverend the Hon. Henry Montague Browne, second son of the second Baron Kilmaine, was created Baroness Bolsover in 1880. [1]

This Browne family of Ireland bears the arms Sable, three lions passant in bend argent between four bendlets argent which are the same arms [6] as borne by the English family of Browne, Viscount Montagu, descended from Sir Anthony Browne (c.1500-1548), KG, of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Master of the Horse to King Henry VIII. However no familial connection between the two families is mentioned in The Complete Peerage (1910). [7]

As of 2024, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered vacant. [8] However, at least as of 2013, the family remained in possession of Shelfield House, Warwickshire. [9]

Barons Kilmaine, first creation (1722)

Browne baronets, of The Neale (1636)

Barons Kilmaine, second creation (1789)

The heir presumptive is Dr. Mark Caulfield-Browne (born 1966), the present peer's sixth cousin twice removed and a four-times-great-grandson of the Hon. George Browne, youngest son of the first Baron (see succession chart below). [10] [1]

Line of succession (simplified, succession to barony only)
  • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine (1730–1794)
    • Coronet of a British Baron.svg James Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine (1765–1825)
      • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine (1794–1873)
        • Coronet of a British Baron.svg Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine (1843–1907)
          • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (1878–1946)
            • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 6th Baron Kilmaine (1902–1978)
              • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 7th Baron Kilmaine (1948–2013)
                • Coronet of a British Baron.svg John Browne, 8th Baron Kilmaine (born 1983)
    • Hon. George Browne (1774–1804)
      • Rev. James Caulfeild Browne (1804–1870)
        • Rev. William James Caulfield Browne (1825–1893)
          • Aubrey Caulfeild Browne (1860–1953)
            • Edward James Caulfield Browne (1903–1984)
              • Reginald Malcolm Caulfield-Browne (1928–1998)
                • (1) Dr. Mark Caulfield-Browne (born 1966) [10]
              • (2) Nigel George Caulfeild Browne (born 1947) [10]
                • (3) Matthew John Caulfeild Browne (born 1987) [10]
              • Robin James Caulfeild Browne (1949–2021) [11]
                • (4) Edward Patrick Caulfeild-Browne (born 1972)
                • Christopher Robert Caulfeild-Browne (born 1974)
                • Jason Robin Caulfeild-Browne (born 1987)

The simplified chart above lists those individuals in the line of succession who are nearest in consanguinity to the present peer. [10]

[10] [12]

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