| Valentine Browne | |
| Browne Baronets of Molahiffe | |
| Tenure: | 1622–1633 |
| Successor: | Valentine, 2nd Baronet |
| Spouse: | Alice FitzGerald Julia MacCarty |
| Issue: | Valentine & others |
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| Father: | Nicholas Browne |
| Mother: | Sheela O'Sullivan Beare |
| Death Date: | 7 September 1633 |
Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Baronet, of Molahiffe (died 1633), owned a large estate in south-west Ireland and was a lawyer who served as high sheriff of County Kerry.
Valentine was probably born in the 1580s in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Browne and his wife Sheela O'Sullivan Beare. His father was Sir Nicholas Browne of Ross Castle. His paternal grandfather, another Valentine Browne, had come from Croft, and had acquired large estates in Munster, Ireland as surveyor-general.
His mother was a daughter of Eoin the O'Sullivan Beare who had lost his chieftainship to his nephew Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare who had claimed a right to it by primogeniture. His mother's family were part of the O'Sullivans, a Gaelic Irish clan. His father probably converted to Catholicism to marry his mother.
Browne studied law and was admitted to Gray's Inn on 12 March 1612. On 21 December 1621 Browne was created Baronet Browne of Molahiffe. In 1623 Sir Valentine was appointed Sheriff of County Kerry.
Sir Valentine married first Alice FitzGerald, fifth daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, the rebel earl, by his second wife, Eleanor Butler.
Valentine and Alice had five children, three sons:
—and two daughters of whom nothing further seems to be known.
Sir Valentine married secondly Julia MacCarty, daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry.
Valentine and Julia had one son:
Sir Valentine died on 7 September 1633 and was buried in the church of Killarney.
| As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages. Italics for historical background. | |||
| Age | Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Estimated 1580 | Born | |
| 1589 | Paternal grandfather Sir Valentine Browne died. | ||
| 1598 | The Sugan Earl's revolt broke out. | ||
| 22 Sep 1601 | The Spanish landed at Kinsale | ||
| 24 Mar 1603 | Accession of James I, succeeding Elizabeth I | ||
| 30 Mar 1603 | Treaty of Mellifont, concluded between Mountjoy and Tyrone, ended the Nine Years' War. | ||
| 12 Dec 1606 | Inherited the Molahiffe seignory and other Irish lands at his father's death | ||
| 12 Mar 1612 | Admitted to Gray's Inn | ||
| 16 Feb 1622 | Created 1st Baronet Browne of Molahiffe | ||
| 27 Mar 1625 | Accession of Charles I, succeeding James I | ||
| 7 Sep 1633 | Died |