Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1640), was an Irish landowner and MP.
Birth and origins
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]
On 7 September 1633 Browne succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe.[8]
Parliament
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]
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:
Ellis, married John Tobin of Cumpshinagh, County Tipperary.[23]
Eleanor, married a Mr. Power of Kilmeadon, County Waterford.[24]
Death and timeline
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.
^Kearney 1959, p. 54. "The fact that the subsidies were voted unanimously on 19 July [1634] ..."
^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 ..."
^Gillespie 2006, p. 76. "The deputation had its first formal audience with the king on 28 March 1628 ..."
^Gillespie 2006, p. 77, line 3:"Their [the graces'] price was fixed at £40,000 sterling each year for three years "
^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) ..."
^Lodge 1789, p. 55, line 29. "He married Mary second daughter of Cormac, Lord Muskerry ... sister to his father's second wife."
^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.]"
^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."
McGrath, Brid (1997). "Valentine Browne (c.1615–1640), Kerry". A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 (Ph.D.). Vol. 1. Dublin: Trinity College. pp. 83–84. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)