Valentine Charles Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare (1 December 1860 – 14 November 1941), [1] styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1871 to 1905, was an Irish peer who served in the Senate of Southern Ireland, and was Lord Lieutenant of Kerry. [2]
Public life
Lord Castlerosse was a lieutenant of 4th ( Militia) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters. He was appointed Master of the Horse to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (a position in the Viceregal household) in January 1903, [3] and served as such until his succession as Earl of Kenmare in 1905.
As Earl of Kenmare he was a peer of the realm and though he was a Roman Catholic, he was also a unionist, which was uncommon at the time for Roman Catholics. He sat in the House of Lords as a member of the Irish Unionist Alliance. He also was a member of the Senate of Southern Ireland in 1921, but did not attend.
Lord Kenmare took an active part in the military. He was lieutenant-colonel in command of the 4th ( Militia) Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers (previously the Kerry Militia) from 1896 to December 1902, [4] when he retired and took over from his father as Honorary Colonel of the regiment. [5] He was also a colonel of the King's Regiment (Liverpool). [2]
He married Elizabeth Baring, daughter of Baron Revelstoke. [2] His daughter, Lady Dorothy Margaret, married Lord Edward Arthur Grosvenor, youngest son of The 1st Duke of Westminster. He was succeeded by his son, Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare. [1]
On his death in 1941 aged 80, he was buried in the family vault in Killarney Cathedral. [1]
References
- ^ a b c "Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare". geni.com.
- ^ a b c ( Hesilrige 1921, p. 510)
- ^ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36969. London. 5 January 1903. p. 5.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
- ^ "No. 27513". The London Gazette. 6 January 1903. p. 112.
Book link
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921).
Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A,
Fleet street,
London, UK:
Dean & Son. p. 510.
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