Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo

Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (4 June 1939 – 13 July 2014),^[1] styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, was the 11th holder of the Marquessate of Sligo, a title created in 1800 in the Peerage of Ireland. Until the House of Lords Act 1999 he was entitled to sit in the House of Lords under the Barony of Mounteagle, created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Biography

Jeremy Browne was the son of Denis Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo. He was educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, and the Royal Agricultural College. 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 present Earl of Gowrie and his brother the journalist and Islamic scholar Malise Ruthven. The Marquess and Marchioness had five daughters. In May 2014 his book A Life at Westport House: 50 Years A-Going was released.^[2] His obituary was published in the Daily Telegraph.^[3]

Family of Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo

17. Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh

4. Capt. Lord Alfred Eden Browne

18. William Stephens Dicken

9. Catherine Henrietta Dicken

10. Edward Wormald

5. Cicely Wormald

1. Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo

6. William Gauche

3. Jose Gauche

The Browne Family, westporthouse.ie; accessed 3 November 2015.
Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo profile, thepeerage.com; accessed 3 November 2015.
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo
Obituary, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 3 November 2015.

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Denis Edward Browne	Marquess of Sligo 1991–2014	Succeeded by Sebastian Ulick Browne