Valentine Browne | |
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Browne Baronets of Molahiffe | |
Tenure | 1633–1640 |
Predecessor | Valentine, 1st Baronet |
Successor | Valentine, 1st Viscount Kenmare |
Died | 25 April 1640 |
Spouse(s) | Mary MacCarty |
Issue Detail | Valentine & others |
Father | Valentine, 1st Baronet |
Mother | Alice FitzGerald |
Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1640), was an Irish landowner and MP.
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.
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On 7 September 1633 Browne succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe.[8]
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]
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:
—and two daughters:
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]
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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 |