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'''Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont''' (c. 1731 - 28 December 1780) was an Irish landowner and MP.
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'''Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont''' (c. 1731 - 28 December 1780), was the son of [[John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont]] and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only child of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752.<ref>''Lodge, John'', "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.</ref> Denis Kelly was the Chief Justice of [[Jamaica]] and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican sugar plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the [[civil parish]] of [[Tynagh]], [[Barony of Leitrim (County Galway)]]. The townland of Lisduff exceeds 264 acres while the townland of Spring Garden exceeds 275 acres.<ref>[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,576531,713203,6,7 Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland.]</ref> The Lisduff estate was acquired from Denis Kelly's brother, Edmond Kelly. The estate was enlarged by land purchases in the townland of Drumatober (also in the Barony of Leitrim, Abbeygormacan civil parish) and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750.<ref>[http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=1675 Landed estates.]</ref>

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He was the son of [[John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont]] and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only child of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752.<ref>''Lodge, John'', "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.</ref> Denis Kelly was the Chief Justice of [[Jamaica]] and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican sugar plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the [[civil parish]] of [[Tynagh]], [[Barony of Leitrim (County Galway)]]. The townland of Lisduff exceeds 264 acres while the townland of Spring Garden exceeds 275 acres.<ref>[http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,576531,713203,6,7 Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland.]</ref> The Lisduff estate was acquired from Denis Kelly's brother, Edmond Kelly. The estate was enlarged by land purchases in the townland of Drumatober (also in the Barony of Leitrim, Abbeygormacan civil parish) and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750.<ref>[http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=1675 Landed estates.]</ref> He adopted the additional surname of Kelly.

He was elected Member of Parliament for [[Mayo County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)| Mayo]] in the [[Parliament of Ireland]] for 1761 to 1768. <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.ancestryireland.com/family-records/biographies-of-the-members-of-the-irish-parliament/?search1=peter&search2=browne-kelly&search3=&submit=Search| title= Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800|publisher= Ulster Historical Foundation|accessdate = 22 JUne 2014}} </ref>


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Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont (c. 1731 - 28 December 1780) was an Irish landowner and MP.

He was the son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only child of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752.[1] Denis Kelly was the Chief Justice of Jamaica and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican sugar plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the civil parish of Tynagh, Barony of Leitrim (County Galway). The townland of Lisduff exceeds 264 acres while the townland of Spring Garden exceeds 275 acres.[2] The Lisduff estate was acquired from Denis Kelly's brother, Edmond Kelly. The estate was enlarged by land purchases in the townland of Drumatober (also in the Barony of Leitrim, Abbeygormacan civil parish) and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750.[3] He adopted the additional surname of Kelly.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Mayo in the Parliament of Ireland for 1761 to 1768. [4]

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  1. ^ Lodge, John, "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland.
  3. ^ Landed estates.
  4. ^ "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 22 JUne 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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