Robert Dillon Browne (1811 – 1 July 1850) was an

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Repeal Association The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...

politician. Browne was born in

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and educated at

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p105: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 Browne was elected Repeal Association MP for at a by-election in 1836—caused by the elevation of Dominick Browne to a

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—and held the seat until his death in 1850.

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* UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Mayo constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Repeal Association MPs 1811 births 1850 deaths Politicians from County Mayo Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub