Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Baronet

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Valentine Browne
Browne Baronets of Molahiffe
Tenure1622–1633
Successor Valentine, 2nd Baronet
Died7 September 1633
Spouse(s)Alice FitzGerald
Julia MacCarty
Issue
Detail
Valentine & others
FatherNicholas Browne
MotherSheela O'Sullivan Beare

Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1633), owned a large estate in south-west Ireland and was a lawyer who served as high sheriff of County Kerry.

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Birth and origins

Valentine was probably born in the 1580s in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Browne and his wife Sheela O'Sullivan Beare. His father was Sir Nicholas Browne of Ross Castle. [1] His paternal grandfather, another Valentine Browne, had come from Croft, and had acquired large estates in Munster, Ireland as surveyor-general.

His mother was a daughter of Eoin the O'Sullivan Beare [2] who had lost his chieftainship to his nephew Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare who had claimed a right to it by primogeniture. His mother's family were part of the O'Sullivans, a Gaelic Irish clan. His father probably converted to Catholicism to marry his mother.

Family tree
Valentine Browne with his two wives, his parents, and other selected relatives. [lower-alpha 1]
Alice
Alexander
Valentine
Browne

d.1589
Surveyor
General
Thomasine
Bacon
Gerald
14th Earl
Desmond

c.1533 – 1583
Rebel Earl
Nicholas
Browne

d.1606
Sheela
O'Sullivan
Beare
Charles
1st Viscount

1564–1641
Alice
FitzGerald
Valentine
1st Bt.
d.1633
Julia
MacCarthy

d.1633
Valentine
2nd Bt.

d.1640
Thomas
Browne

d.1684
Mary
MacCarthy
Valentine
1st Viscount

1638–1694
Jane
Plunkett
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article
XXX Browne Baronets &
Viscounts Kenmare
XXX Viscounts
Muskerry
XXX Earls of
Desmond

Early life

Browne studied law and was admitted to Gray's Inn on 12 March 1612. [7] On 21 December 1621 Browne was created Baronet Browne of Molahiffe. [8] [9] In 1623 Sir Valentine was appointed Sheriff of County Kerry. [10]

First marriage and children

Sir Valentine married first Alice FitzGerald, fifth daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, the rebel earl, by his second wife, Eleanor Butler. [11]

Valentine and Alice had five children, three sons:

  1. Valentine (died 1640), his successor [12]
  2. James, captain in the army [13]
  3. Nicholas, died without issue [14]

—and two daughters of whom nothing further seems to be known.

Second marriage and children

Sir Valentine married secondly Julia MacCarty, daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry. [15]

Valentine and Julia had one son:

  1. Thomas (died 1684), who married his cousin Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Sir John Browne, knight, of Hospital, County Limerick, and Barbara Boyle, daughter of John Boyle, Bishop of Cork, and had several daughters including Helen, who married her cousin Nicholas Browne, 2nd Viscount Kenmare [16]

Death and timeline

Sir Valentine died on 7 September 1633 and was buried in the church of Killarney. [17]

Timeline
As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages. Italics for historical background.
AgeDateEvent
0Estimated 1580Born
8–91589Paternal grandfather Sir Valentine Browne died. [18]
17–181598The Sugan Earl's revolt broke out.
20–2122 Sep 1601The Spanish landed at Kinsale [19]
22–2324 Mar 1603Accession of James I, succeeding Elizabeth I [20]
22–2330 Mar 1603 Treaty of Mellifont, concluded between Mountjoy and Tyrone, ended the Nine Years' War.
25–2612 Dec 1606Inherited the Molahiffe seignory and other Irish lands at his father's death
31–3212 Mar 1612Admitted to Gray's Inn [7]
41–4216 Feb 1622Created 1st Baronet Browne of Molahiffe [9]
44–4527 Mar 1625Accession of Charles I, succeeding James I [21]
59–607 Sep 1633Died [17]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. This family tree is based on genealogies of the baronets Browne [3] [4] and the viscounts Muskerry (later earls of Clancarty). [5] [6]

Citations

  1. G. E. C. 1900, p.  236, line 34. "I. 1622. 'Valentine Browne, Esq., of Mohaliffe [Molahiffe], co. Kerry', s. [son] and h. [heir] of Sir Nicholas Browne, of Ross Castle, in that county, by Sheela, or Julia, da. [daughter] of O'Sullivan Bear ..."
  2. G. E. C. 1900, p.  236. "... s. [son] and h. [heir] of Sir Nicholas Browne, of Ross Castle, in that county [i.e. Kerry], by Sheela, or Julia, da. [daughter] of O'Sullivan Bear, of co. Cork;"
  3. G. E. C. 1900, pp.  236–237Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  4. Lodge 1789, p.  51–58Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  5. Burke 1883, p.  344Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  6. G. E. C. 1913, pp.  214–217Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  7. 1 2 G. E. C. 1900, p.  236, line 36. "... was admitted to Gray's Inn 12 March 1611/2 ..."
  8. Brydges 1817, p.  171. "... Valentine, his son and heir, who was created an Irish baronet, Dec. 21, 1621."
  9. 1 2 G. E. C. 1900, p.  237, line 3. "... was cr. [created] a Bart. [I. [Ireland]], as above, by patent dat. [dated] 26 Feb. 1621/2 at Dublin; the Privy Seal being dat. 21 Dec. 1621 at Westm.;"
  10. G. E. C. 1900, p.  237, line 5. "... was Sheriff of co. Kerry, 1623."
  11. Burke 1883, p.  206, left column, line 35. "V. Ellis, m. [married] Valentine Browne of Ross in Kerry."
  12. Burke & Burke 1915, p.  1030, left column, line 61. "1. Valentine (Sir), 2nd bart."
  13. Burke & Burke 1915, p.  1030, left column, line 62. "2. James, captain in the army, killed in action near Moyalloa, co. Cork."
  14. Burke & Burke 1915, p.  1030, left column, line 64. "3. Nicholas, d.s.p. [died without issue]."
  15. G. E. C. 1900, p.  237, line 7. "He [V. Browne, 1st Bt.] m. [married] secondly Sheela, da. [daughter] of Charles (MacCarty), 1st Viscount Muskerry [I. [Ireland]], by Margaret, da. of Donough (O'Brien), 4th Earl of Thomond [I. [Ireland]]. She d. [died] 21 Jan. 1633."
  16. Burke & Burke 1915, p.  1030, left column, line 68. "4. Thomas, of Hospital, capt. in the Duke of York's regiment; attended Charles II in his exile; m. [married] his cousin Elizabeth, dau. [daughter] of Sir John Browne, Knt. of Hospital and Barbara Boyle, daughter of John Boyle, Bishop of Cork; and d. [died] November 1684, leaving issue."
  17. 1 2 G. E. C. 1900, p.  237, line 10. "He d. [died] 7 Sep. 1633 and was buried in the church of Killarney."
  18. Hasler 1981, p.  506, right column, line 18. "He went to Ireland in 1587 as an undertaker for repopulating the wastes of Kerry and Desmond, and died there in 1589, being buried in St. Katherine's church, Dublin, on 19 Feb."
  19. Joyce 1903, p.  172. "On the 23d of September, 1601, a Spanish fleet entered the harbour of Kinsale with 3,400 troops ... "
  20. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  44, line 2. "James I ... acc. 24 Mar. 1603;"
  21. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  44, line 16. "Charles I ... acc. 27 Mar. 1625;"

Sources

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New title Baronet
(of Molahiffe)
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