Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1640), was an Irish landowner and MP.

Birth and origins

Valentine was born about 1615. He was the eldest son of Sir Valentine Browne and his first wife, Alice FitzGerald. His father was the 1st Baronet Browne of Molahiffe, County Kerry. His mother was a daughter of

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, the rebel earl. His mother's family were the FitzGeralds of Desmond, a cadet branch of the

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were the senior branch.

Baronet

On 7 September 1633 Browne succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Browne of Molahiffe.

Parliament

When Charles I summoned the Irish Parliament of 1634–1635, Browne stood for County Kerry County and was elected. The Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth (the future Lord Strafford) demanded taxes: six subsidies of £50,000 (equivalent to about £ in ) were passed unanimously. The parliament also belatedly and incompletely ratified the Graces of 1628, in which the King had conceded rights for money.

Marriage and children

Before 1638 Sir Valentine married Mary MacCarthy, the second daughter of Sir Charles (alias Cormac) MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry and his first wife Margaret O'Brien. She was a sister of his stepmother, his father's second wife. Valentine and Mary had four children, two sons: #Valentine (1638–1694), 1st Viscount Kenmare #John of Ardagh (died 1706), married in 1672 Joan, daughter of Edmund Butler and sister of Pierce Butler, 6th Baron Cahir, but died childless. —and two daughters: #Ellis, married John Tobin of Cumpshinagh, County Tipperary. #Eleanor, married a Mr. Power of Kilmeadon, County Waterford.

Death and timeline

Sir Valentine died 25 April 1640 and was buried on 6 July 1640 at the church of Killarney. His son succeeded at the age of two and became a ward of his uncle

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* (for Ross Castle) * * (for Desmond) * – (for Kenmare) * – G to K (for Kenmare) * – S to T (for Strafford) * – 1611 to 1625 (for Browne) * – Canonteign to Cutts (for Clancarty) * * – (for timeline) * * * * – Barons (under Aylmer) * – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Valentine, Sir, 2nd Baronet 1640 deaths Year of birth unknown Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Valentine Irish MPs 1634–1635 Irish MPs 1639–1649 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies