Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine

Francis William Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine JP DL (24 March 1843 – 9 November 1907) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He was an Irish representative peer and Sheriff of County Westmeath in 1870.

Life

Browne was born in London, the eldest son of John Cavendish Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine, and his second wife, Mary Law, daughter of politician Charles Ewan Law (by his father's first wife, he had three half-brothers who died unmarried before their father.) He succeeded to his father's title in 1873.[1] He held 14,700 acres (5,900 ha) in Ireland, and was a member of gentlemen's clubs in both London and Dublin.[2]

He was elected as an Irish representative peer, holding that role from 1890 until his death. He was appointed as High Sheriff of County Westmeath in 1870.[3]

Personal life

In 1877, Browne married Alice Emily, daughter of Col. Dean Shute, sister of Sir Cameron Shute, and niece of General Sir Charles Cameron Shute.[4] They had one son, John Edward Deane Browne, who married Lady Aline Kennedy, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Ailsa.[1]

He had a residence in Pau, and sponsored a golfing tournament there, with the Kilmaine Cup as prize.[5]

Lord Kilmaine killed himself in Paris in November 1907 by jumping from the fourth-floor of the Hotel d'Iéna. He had reportedly suffered from "acute nervous disease" and chronic sleeplessness, and had gone to Paris for treatment. His wife was in the room when he jumped and witnessed him go to the window as if to look out, before suddenly throwing himself out. He died instantly from a skull fracture. His body was brought back to Ireland for burial.[2][3]

References

  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2155. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. from our own correspondent (10 November 1907). "Peer's Suicide - Lord Kilmaine leaps from a window - suddenly demented". The Observer. p. 7. Lord Kilmaine, the well-known Irish representative peer
  3. "Obituary: Lord Kilmaine". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 11 November 1907. p. 10.
  4. "The Marriage of Lord Kilmaine". Brighton Guardian. 13 June 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. "The Pau Golf Week". Glasgow Herald. 3 March 1896. p. 7.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
John Cavendish Browne
Baron Kilmaine
1873 1907
Succeeded by
John Edward Deane Browne
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Templetown
Representative peer for Ireland
1890–1907
Succeeded by
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
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