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Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo

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The Marquess of Sligo
Born
Jeremy Ulick Browne

(1939-06-04)4 June 1939
Died13 July 2014(2014-07-13) (aged 75)
NationalityIrish
EducationSt. Columba's College, Dublin
Alma materRoyal Agricultural College
Spouse
Jennifer Cooper
(m. 1961)
Children5
ParentDenis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo

Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (4 June 1939 – 13 July 2014),[1] styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, was an Irish hereditary peer and businessman. On the death of his father, he was entitled to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of the subsidiary title Baron Mounteagle, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, he never took his seat and lost the right with the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999.[2]

Biography

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Altamont was the eldest son of Jose Gauche and Denis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo born in 1939. He was educated at Ludgrove School, St. Columba's College, Dublin, and briefly the Royal Agricultural College, which he left after only two terms. He returned to Ireland and help run the family estate, Westport House.[3]

During The Troubles, the estate was invaded by IRA supporters who waved black flags in support of the 1981 Irish hunger strike, a situation which Altamont was able to defuse.[citation needed] In May 2014 his book, A Life at Westport House: 50 Years A-Going, was released.[4]

He was married on 26 October 1961 to Jennifer June Lushington Cooper, daughter of Derek Cooper. Lady Sligo is the stepdaughter of the former Viscountess Ruthven of Canberra, and her father became in 1952 the stepfather of two young stepsons, now the late Earl of Gowrie and his brother the journalist and Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven. The Marquess and Marchioness had five daughters. After his death, his daughters inherited the family estate of Westport while his cousin Sebastian Browne succeeded him as Marquess.[citation needed]

Lord Sligo introduced a private members' Bill in Dáil Éireann in 1990 to allow the dissolution of a family trust which would prevent his five daughters from inheriting Westport House due to their female gender.[5]

References

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  1. ^ ALTAMONT/Westport/Mayo Notice of death of Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, RIP.ie; accessed 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ Bedford, M. (1999). Dod's Parliamentary Companion (118 ed.). Westminster: Vacher Dod Publishing, p. 379, 486.
  3. ^ "Jeremy Altamont". The Times. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Mary Robinson launches Lord Altamont's memoirs". The Mayo News. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Visionary heir who saved Westport House". The Irish Times. 26 July 2014.
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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Marquess of Sligo
1991–2014
Succeeded by
Sebastian Browne