Baron Oranmore and Browne

Baron Oranmore and Browne , of Carrabrowne Castle in the County of Galway and of Castle Macgarrett in the County of Mayo , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

The family seat of the barons was temporarily Mereworth Castle in Kent , England .

Award

The title was created for Dominick Browne on May 4, 1836 . He had previously represented County Mayo in the House of Commons for many years .

Another title

The third baron received the title of Baron Mereworth , of Mereworth Castle in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on January 19, 1926 . This gave him, unlike the Irish title, an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the House of Lords Act 1999 .

List of Barons Oranmore and Browne (1836)

• Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne (1787-1860)
• Geoffrey Dominick Augustus Frederick Guthrie-Browne, 2nd Baron Oranmore and Browne (1819–1900)
• Geoffrey Henry Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne (1861-1927)
• Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne (1901-2002)
• Dominick Geoffrey Thomas Browne, 5th Baron Oranmore and Browne (born 1929)

Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current baron, the Hon. Martin Michael Dominick Browne (* 1931).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page