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Irish peer and captain (1856–1935) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo and 4th Earl of Clanricarde (1 September 1856 – 26 February 1935), styled Earl of Altamont until 1913, was an Irish peer.[1]
George Browne | |
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Marquess of Sligo | |
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Predecessor | Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo |
Successor | Ulick de Burgh Browne |
Born | Munger, British India |
Spouse(s) | Agatha Stewart Hodgson |
Born 1 September 1856, Browne was the eldest son of Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo, and his wife Catherine Henrietta Dicken. He was born in Munger, British India. He succeeded to the marquessate in February 1913, aged 56, on the death of his father. He married Agatha Stewart Hodgson, daughter of James Stewart Hodgson, on 12 October 1887. They had three daughters and one son:
Upon the 1916 death of Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde, the Marquess of Sligo also became Earl of Clanricarde.[3] In 1921 he attended the first meeting of the short-lived Senate of Southern Ireland.[4] In 1922 he was photographed by Walter Stoneman.[5]
In 1924, when visiting British Hong Kong, the Marquess of Sligo succeeded in getting a specimen of the South China giant salamander sent to London Zoo. The species was named Megalobatrachus sligoi in his honour; it is today called Andrias sligoi.[6] He died on 26 February 1935 in London.[7]
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