Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare

Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare and 3rd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe (1638–1694), was an Irish Jacobite who fought for James II of England in the Williamite War in Ireland.

For other people named Valentine Browne, see Valentine Browne (disambiguation).

Valentine Browne
Viscount Kenmare
Tenure1689–1694
PredecessorValentine, 2nd Baronet
SuccessorNicholas, 2nd Viscount Kenmare
Born1638
Died1694
Spouse(s)Jane Plunkett
Issue
Detail		Nicholas & others
FatherValentine, 2nd Baronet
MotherMary MacCarthy

Birth and origins
Family tree
Valentine Browne with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[lower-alpha 1]
Nicholas
Browne
d. 1606		Sheela
O'Sullivan
Beare		Charles
1st Viscount
Muskerry
1564–1641
Alice
FitzGerald		Valentine
1st Bt.
d. 1633		Julia
MacCarthy
d. 1633
Valentine
2nd Bt.
d. 1640		Mary
MacCarthy
Valentine
1st Viscount
1638–1694		Jane
Plunkett
Nicholas
2nd Viscount
d. 1720		Helen
Browne
Honora
Butler		Valentine
3rd Viscount
1695–1736		Mary
FitzGerald
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article		XXXBrowne Baronets &
Viscounts Kenmare		XXXViscounts
Muskerry

Valentine was born in 1638.[5] He was the eldest son of Valentine Browne and Mary MacCarthy. His father was the 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe, County Kerry.

His mother was a daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry.[6] His mother's family were the MacCarthys of Muskerry, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that branched from the MacCarthy-Mor line with Dermot MacCarthy, second son of Cormac MacCarthy-Mor, a medieval Prince of Desmond.[7] This second son had been granted the Muskerry area as appanage.[8]

He was one of four siblings, who are listed in his father's article.

Early life

Browne succeeded his father in 1640 as the 3rd Baronet Browne at the age of two.[9][10] As a child he was a ward of Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry, his maternal uncle.[11] Muskerry fought with the Irish Catholic Confederates against the Irish government, the English Parliament and the Cromwellians in the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Muskerry made Ross Castle, which belonged to Browne, his last stand against Cromwell's General Edmund Ludlow, surrendered on 27 June 1652[12] and went into exile.

Marriage and children

Sir Valentine married Jane Plunkett, only daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Plunkett of Balrath, County Meath,[13] the lawyer and Confederate politician.

Valentine and Jane had five sons:

  1. Nicholas (about 1660 – 1720), 2nd Viscount Browne[14][15]
  2. Ossory (died 1666), without issue[16]
  3. Patrick (died 1675) without issue[17]
  4. James (died 1680) without issue[18]
  5. Valentine, died without issue[19]

—and four daughters:

  1. Mary (died 1703), married 1685 George Aylmer of Lyons, County Kildare[20]
  2. Ellis, married Nicholas Purcell, Baron of Loughmoe[21]
  3. Thomasine, married Nicholas Bourke of Cahirmoil, County Limerick[22]
  4. Katherine, married the Portuguese ambassador in London, Dom Luís da Cunha[23]

Restoration

Sir Valentine received some lands under the Act of Settlement of 1662.[24]

Jacobite

Sir Valentine commanded a regiment in the Irish army and seems to have been taken prisoner at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.[25]

Viscount Kenmare

Sir Valentine was created 1st Viscount Kenmare and Baron Castlerosse (after Ross Castle) on 20 May 1689, by King James II, after his deposition by the English Parliament, but while he still possessed his rights as King of Ireland. At the time James was presiding over the short-lived Patriot Parliament. The peerage remained on the Irish patent roll in a constitutionally ambiguous position, but was not recognized by the Protestant political establishment.[26]

Catholicism and Death

The 1st Viscount Kenmare wrote in his will that he wanted to be buried in "some decent Catholic church, monastery, abbey, or graveyard".[27] He was therefore Catholic despite the English origin of his family. He died in 1694 and was succeeded by his eldest son Nicholas.[28]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. This family tree is based on genealogies of the baronets Browne[1][2] and the viscounts Muskerry (later earls of Clancarty).[3][4]

Citations
  1. Cokayne 1900, pp. 236–237Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  2. Lodge 1789, p. 51–58Genealogy of the baronets Browne
  3. Burke 1883, p. 344Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  4. Cokayne 1913, pp. 214–217Genealogy of the earls of Clancarty
  5. Cokayne 1900, p. 237, line 19. "III. 1640. Sir Valentine Browne, Bart. [I. 1622], of Molahiffe aforesaid, 1st s. [son] and h. [heir], b. [born] 1638, being but 2 years old at his fathers death."
  6. Cokayne 1900, p. 237, line 14. "...  he [V. Browne, 2nd Bt.] m. [married] Mary (sister of his stepmother) da. [daughter] of Charles (MacCarty), 1st Viscount Muskerry [I.] ..."
  7. O'Hart 1892, p. 122. "Cormac MacCarty Mor, Prince of Desmond (see the MacCarty Mór Stem, No. 115,) had a second son, Dermod Mór, of Muscry (now Muskerry) who was the ancestor of MacCarthy, lords of Muscry and earls of Clan Carthy."
  8. Lainé 1836, p. 72. "Dermod-Môr, Mac-Carthy, fils puiné de Cormac-Môr, prince de Desmond et d'Honoria Fitz-Maurice, eut en apanage la baronnie de Muskery ..."
  9. Cokayne 1892, p. 342, line 21. "... suc. his father in the Baronetcy, a dignity cr. 16 Feb. 1621/2), when two years old in 1640;"
  10. Lodge 1789, p. 55, line 37. "Sir Valentine, the 3rd Baronet was only two years old when he succeeded his father "
  11. Adams 1904, p. 327. "In 1651, Muskerry was guardian to his nephew Sir Valentine Browne ..."
  12. Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 107, right column, line 55. "... finally surrendering at Ross Castle (27 June 1652) ..."
  13. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, left column, bottom. "He m. [married] Jane, only dau. [daughter] and heir of Sir Nicholas Plunkett, of Balratty, co. Meath, and had issue."
  14. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 3. "1. Nicholas, 2nd Viscount Browne."
  15. Ó Ciardha 2009, 1st paragraph, 1st sentence. "Browne, Nicholas (1660?–1720), 2nd Viscount Kenmare, soldier and MP"
  16. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 4. "2. Ossory, d.s.p. [died without issue] Oct 1666, buried in St. Michan's Dublin."
  17. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 5. "3. Patrick, d.s.p. [died without issue] Aug 1675, buried in the same place."
  18. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 6. "4. James, d.s.p. [died without issue] Oct 1680, buried in the same place."
  19. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 7. "5. Valentine, who taking his maternal surname, was called Plunkett, alias Browne, d.s.p. [died without issue]"
  20. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 9. "1. Mary, m. [married] 1685 George Aylmer, of Lyons, co. Kildare, and d. [died] 1703."
  21. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 11. "2. Ellis, m. [married] to Col. Nicholas Purcell, Baron of Looghmoe, co. Tipperary"
  22. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 13. "3. Thomasine, m. [married] Nicholas Bourke of Cahirmoil, co. Limerick"
  23. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 14. "4. Katherine, m. [married] to Don Louis d'Acunha, Ambassador at the court of England from the King of Portugal."
  24. Lodge 1789, p. 55 line 38. "...  received a grant of land under the acts of settlement."
  25. Ruvigny 1904, p. 71, line 28. "He appears to have been among those taken prisoners at the battle of Aughrim, 12 July 1691, and to have been attainted."
  26. Cokayne 1892, p. 342, line 24. "... being a staunch adherent of that king [James II], was by him cr. [created] 20 May 1689, Baron Castlerosse and Viscount Kenmare [I. [Ireland]]"
  27. Lodge 1789, p. 56.
  28. Burke & Burke 1915, p. 1030, right column, line 20. "He d. [died] before 3 June 1694 and was s. [succeeded] by his eldest son, Nicholas ..."

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