Brocas, James Henry
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Brocas, Samuel Frederick
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Brocas, William
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Brodrick, Alan
Brodrick, Alan (c.1655–1728), 1st Viscount Midleton , lord chancellor of Ireland, was the second son of St John Brodrick, a beneficiary of the Cromwellian land settlement who originated from Wandsworth in Surrey and established himself at Ballyannan, near Midleton in Co.…...
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle (1856–1942), 1st earl of Midleton, politician, was born 14 December 1856 in London, eldest of eleven children of William Brodrick (later 8th Viscount Midleton) and his wife Augusta Mary, third daughter of Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron…...
Brooke, Henry Vaughan
Brooke, Henry Vaughan (1743?–1807), landowner and MP, was the son of Basil Brooke, landowner, of Brooke Hill, Co. Donegal, and Jane Brooke (née Wray) of Castle Wray, Co. Donegal. He entered TCD in July 1761. He participated in the…...
Brooke, John Warden
Brooke, John Warden (1922–87), politician and 2nd Viscount Brookeborough , was born 9 November 1922 in Colebrooke, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, second of three sons of Sir Basil Brooke (qv), prime minister of Northern Ireland…...
Brooke, Sir Arthur
Brooke, Sir Arthur (1726–85), landowner and MP, was elder son of Henry Brooke of Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh, MP for Fermanagh, and his wife Lettice (Letitia), daughter of Benjamin Burton (qv) of Dublin. Arthur Brooke succeeded his…...
Brooke, Sir Basil
Brooke, Sir Basil (d. 1633), soldier and planter, was possibly a son of Oliver Brooke of Warwick, who was of a Cheshire family. Basil Brooke, born in the reign of Elizabeth, went to Ireland as an army captain and served under Sir…...
Brooke, Sir George Frederick
Brooke, Sir George Frederick (1849–1926), landlord, wine merchant, and banker, was born on 13 August 1849, the eldest son of the three sons and three daughters of Francis Richard Brooke (1817–67), of Summerton, Castleknock, Co. Dublin, and Coolgreany, Co. Wexford, and the Hon.…...
Brooke, Sir Henry
Brooke, Sir Henry (a.1613–1671), landowner in Co. Fermanagh, was born possibly in Ireland, and was son of (Sir) Basil Brooke (qv) and Elizabeth Brooke (née Leycester). He inherited his father's estates and his position as…...
Brooks, John
Brooks, John (b. c.1710, d. p. 1756), engraver and inventor, a native of Dublin, was the son of John Brooks, and was possibly of Dutch descent. The name also occurs in Dublin at that period as van der Brooks, and there were others of the name involved in…...
Brown, Christopher (‘Christy’)
Brown, Christopher (‘Christy’) (1932–81), writer and artist, was born 5 June 1932 at the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, the sixth of thirteen surviving children among the twenty-two children of Patrick Brown, bricklayer and veteran of the 1916 rising, of 33 North King St., and Bridget…...
Browne (Altamont), Jeremy Ulick
Browne (Altamont), Jeremy Ulick (1939–2014), 11th marquis of Sligo and entrepreneur, was born on 4 June 1939 in London, the only child of…...
Browne, Denis
Browne, Denis (1763–1828), politician, was born in Westport House, Co. Mayo, second son among two sons and four daughters of Peter Browne (1741–80), 2nd earl of Altamont and MP for Co. Mayo (1761–8), and his wife Elizabeth, the only daughter and heiress of Denis Kelly of Lisduffe…...
Browne, Dennis
Browne, Dennis (1908–91), 10th marquess of Sligo (also Baron Monteagle of Westport (UK), earl of Altamont, and 7th earl of Clanricarde ), and promoter of Irish tourism, was born on 13 December 1908, probably in London, eldest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alfred Eden Browne (Royal…...
Browne, Geoffrey Henry
Browne, Geoffrey Henry (1861–1927), 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne in the peerage of Ireland, 1st Baron Mereworth (UK peerage), politician, and landowner, was born 6 January 1861, only son of Geoffrey Dominick Browne Guthrie, 2nd baron (Irish representative peer 1869–1900), who had…...
Browne, John
Browne, John (1709–76), 1st earl of Altamont , landowner, and MP, was born at Mount Browne near Westport, Co. Mayo, the only son of Peter Browne (d. 1722), a catholic landowner, of Mount Browne, and his wife Mary, daughter of Denis Daly (…...
Browne, John Denis
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Browne, José
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Browne, Nicholas
Browne, Nicholas (1660?–1720), 2nd Viscount Kenmare , soldier and MP, was son and heir of Valentine Browne, 1st viscount, and his wife Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Plunkett (qv) of Dublin and Balrath, Co. Meath,…...
Browne, Sir Dominick
Browne, Sir Dominick (c.1585?–c.1656), merchant and landowner, was eldest among three sons of Geoffrey Browne (d. 1608), alderman of Galway. The generally accepted view that his mother was Mary, daughter and heir of Edmund Prendergast of Castle Macgarrett, Co. Mayo…...
Browne, Sir Valentine
Browne, Sir Valentine (d. 1589), English official and settler in Ireland, was the son of Sir Valentine Browne (d. 1568), of Crofts, Lincolnshire. In a career spanning at least forty years he served three monarchs as an auditor. He audited the accounts of the royal castle at Berwick…...
Browne, Thomas
Browne, Thomas (1726–95), 4th Viscount Kenmare , improving landlord, and catholic activist, was born in April 1726, second (and only surviving) son among two sons and a daughter of Valentine Browne (qv), 3rd viscount, and his first…...
Browne, Valentine
Browne, Valentine (1695–1736), 5th baronet and 3rd Viscount Kenmare , was first son of Nicholas Browne (qv), 2nd viscount, and his wife Helen, daughter of Thomas Browne of Hospital, Co. Limerick. The inheritance to which he succeeded…...