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Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet

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Valentine Browne
Browne Baronets of Molahiffe
Tenure1633–1640
PredecessorValentine, 1st Baronet
SuccessorValentine, 1st Viscount Kenmare
Died25 April 1640
Spouse(s)Mary MacCarty
Issue
Detail
Valentine & others
FatherValentine, 1st Baronet
MotherAlice FitzGerald

Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1640), was an Irish landowner and MP.

Birth and origins

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Valentine was born about 1615.[1] He was the eldest son of Sir Valentine Browne and his first wife, Alice FitzGerald.[2][3] His father was the 1st Baronet Browne of Molahiffe, County Kerry. His mother was a daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, the rebel earl. His mother's family were the FitzGeralds of Desmond, a cadet branch of the Old English Geraldines, of which the FitzGeralds of Kildare were the senior branch.

Family tree
Valentine Browne with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
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.
c.1615 – 1640
Mary
MacCarthy
Valentine
1st Viscount

1638–1694
Jane
Plunkett
Nicholas
2nd Viscount
d. 1720
Helen
Browne
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article
XXXBrowne Baronets &
Viscounts Kenmare
XXXViscounts
Muskerry
XXXEarls of
Desmond

Baronet

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On 7 September 1633 Browne succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe.[8]

Parliament

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When Charles I summoned the Irish Parliament of 1634–1635, Browne stood for County Kerry County and was elected.[9] The Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth[10] (the future Lord Strafford[11]) demanded taxes: six subsidies of £50,000[12] (equivalent to about £10,600,000 in 2023[13]) were passed unanimously.[14][15] The parliament also belatedly and incompletely ratified the Graces[16] of 1628,[17] in which the King had conceded rights for money.[18]

Marriage and children

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Before 1638 Sir Valentine married Mary MacCarthy, the second daughter of Sir Charles (alias Cormac) MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry and his first wife Margaret O'Brien. She was a sister of his stepmother, his father's second wife.[19][20]

Valentine and Mary had four children, two sons:

  1. Valentine (1638–1694), 1st Viscount Kenmare[21]
  2. John of Ardagh (died 1706), married in 1672 Joan, daughter of Edmund Butler and sister of Pierce Butler, 6th Baron Cahir, but died childless.[22]

—and two daughters:

  1. Ellis, married John Tobin of Cumpshinagh, County Tipperary.[23]
  2. Eleanor, married a Mr. Power of Kilmeadon, County Waterford.[24]

Death and timeline

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Sir Valentine died 25 April 1640 and was buried on 6 July 1640 at the church of Killarney. His son succeeded at the age of two and became a ward of his uncle Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry.[25]

Timeline
As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
Age Date Event
0 1615, about Born[1]
9–10 1625, 27 Mar Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I[26]
17–18 1633, 7 Sep Succeeded as 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe[8]
18–19 1634, 11 Jun Elected MP of the Parliament of 1634–1635 for County Kerry County[9]
22–23 1638 Eldest son, Valentine, born
24–25 1640, 25 Apr Died

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ This family tree is based on genealogies of the baronets Browne[4][5] and the viscounts Muskerry (later earls of Clancarty).[6][7]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b McGrath 1997, p. 83. "Valentine Browne (c.1615–1640), Kerry"
  2. ^ Cokayne 1900, p. 237, line 12. "II. 1633. Sir Valentine Browne, Bart. [I. 1622], of Molahiffe aforesaid, 1st s. [son] and h. [heir] by 1st wife;"
  3. ^ Burke 1866, p. 206, left column, line 35. "V. Ellis, m. Valentine Browne of Ross in Kerry."
  4. ^ Cokayne 1900, pp. 236–237Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  5. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 51–58Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  6. ^ Burke 1866, p. 344Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  7. ^ Cokayne 1913, pp. 214–217Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  8. ^ a b Cokayne 1900, p. 237, line 10. "He d. 7 Sep. 1633 and was buried in the church of Killarney."
  9. ^ a b House of Commons 1878, p. 617. "1634 / 11 June / Sir Valentine Browne, bart. / Molahiff / ditto [Cork County]"
  10. ^ Asch 2004, p. 146, right column, line 23. "Wentworth was appointed lord deputy on 12 January 1632 ..."
  11. ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 262. "... was cr. [created] 2 Jan. 1639–40 ... Earl of Strafford ..."
  12. ^ Cusack 1871, p. 307, penultimate line. "... six subsidies of 50,000ℓ each were voted ..."
  13. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  14. ^ Wedgwood 1961, p. 152. "... voted six subsidies unanimously ..."
  15. ^ Kearney 1959, p. 54. "The fact that the subsidies were voted unanimously on 19 July [1634] ..."
  16. ^ Wedgwood 1961, p. 156, line 1. "... Wentworth agreed that ten only [of the Graces] should become statute law, and that all the rest, with the exception of two, should be continued at the discretion of the government. The two exceptions, articles 24 and 25, affecting land tenure ..."
  17. ^ Gillespie 2006, p. 76. "The deputation had its first formal audience with the king on 28 March 1628 ..."
  18. ^ Gillespie 2006, p. 77, line 3:"Their [the graces'] price was fixed at £40,000 sterling each year for three years "
  19. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1130, left column, line 76. "Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Bart. m. [married] Mary, dau. [daughter] of Sir Charles M'Carty, Viscount Muskerry (sister of his father's 2nd wife) ..."
  20. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 55, line 29. "He married Mary second daughter of Cormac, Lord Muskerry ... sister to his father's second wife."
  21. ^ Cokayne 1892, p. 342, line 24. "... being a staunch adherent of that king [James II], was by him cr. 20 May 1689, Baron Castlerosse and Viscount Kenmare [I.]"
  22. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1130, right column, line 80. "2. John of Ardagh, m. [married] 1672, Joan, dau. [daughter] of Hon. Edmund Butler, and sister of Pierce, 6th Lord Cahir; d.s.p. [died without issue] 15 Aug. 1706."
  23. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1130, right column, line 82. "1. Ellis, m. [married] John Tobin of Cumpshinagh, co. Tipperary."
  24. ^ Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1019, right column, line 83. "2. Eleanor, m. [married] – Power, of Kilmeadon, co. Waterford."
  25. ^ Adams 1904, p. 327. "In 1651, Muskerry was guardian to his nephew Sir Valentine Browne ..."
  26. ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 16. "Charles I ... acc. 27 Mar. 1625;"

Sources

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Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Kerry County
1634–1640
With: Sir Thomas Harris
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by Baronet
(of Molahiffe)
1633–1640
Succeeded by