John Edward Deane Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine (18 March 1878 – 27 August 1946) was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He sat in the House of Lords, within the Imperial British Parliament, as an

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(1911–1946).

Biography

Browne was born in England, the only child of Francis Browne, 4th Baron Kilmaine and Alice Emily Shute. He was the nephew of Sir Cameron Shute. He was educated at

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, and abroad. His father, who reportedly suffered from "acute nervous disease" for many years, died by suicide in 1907, when he jumped out of a hotel room in Paris, where he had gone for treatment. John succeeded him as the 5th Baron Kilmaine. In 1911, he was elected to serve as an

in the UK Parliament. Browne inherited considerable lands from his father. He sold the family seat of Gaulstown Park,

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in 1918. He sold their estate at Nealepark in

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and remaining Irish lands in 1925 and moved to Great Britain. Lord Kilmaine died in

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in 1946 of poisoning with

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, after drinking disinfectant. His physician testified at the inquest that his mental condition had deteriorated since an illness five months earlier. A jury returned a verdict of "suicide while of unsound mind."

Marriage and issue

On 17 December 1906, he married Lady Aline Kennedy, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Ailsa. They had three children: * John Francis Archibald Browne, 6th Baron Kilmaine (22 September 1902 – 26 July 1978) *Hon. Henry George Angus Browne (9 October 1911 – 8 September 1942), killed in the Second World War near

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*Hon. Alicia Evelyn Browne (Feb. 1909–1992), married Cdr Edward St John Edmonstone, son of

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