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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.〔''Lodge, John'', "The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that Kingdom", Volume 3, p 275, Dublin, 1789.〕 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.〔(Ordnance Survey Ireland, historical mpas, Lisduff townland. )〕 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.〔(Landed estates. )〕 He adopted the additional surname of Kelly. He was elected Member of Parliament for Mayo in the Parliament of Ireland for 1761 to 1768.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 )〕 == Issue == * Charlotte, died 23 January 1849 * John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo * Denis Browne (politician) * Elizabeth, c. 1765-1795 * Anne, c. 1765-1814 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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