Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare
Irish earl (1891-1943)
Valentine Edward Charles Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare (29 May 1891 – 20 September 1943), styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1905 to 1941, was the Earl of Kenmare and the son of Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare.
Early life
Born 29 May 1891 in Grosvenor Square, London, eldest son of Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare, and Elizabeth Baring. Among his siblings were sister, Lady Dorothy Margaret (who married Lord Edward Arthur Grosvenor, youngest son of The 1st Duke of Westminster), Lady Cecilia Kathleen (who married Col. Hon. Thomas Eustace Vesey), Lt. Hon. Maurice Henry Dermot Browne (who was killed in action during World War I), and Gerald Browne (who died unmarried).
His paternal grandparents were Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare and Gertrude Thynne (a daughter of The Rev. Lord Charles Thynne, Canon of Canterbury, and granddaughter of the 2nd Marquess of Bath). His mother was the eldest daughter of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel (a daughter of John Crocker Bulteel, MP, and granddaughter of the 2nd Earl Grey).
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