Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont

Who is Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont?

Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont was an Irish landowner and MP.

He was the son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont and Anne Gore. He married Elizabeth Kelly, the only child of Denis Kelly, on 16 April 1752. Denis Kelly was the Chief Justice of Jamaica and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican sugar plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the civil parish of Tynagh, Barony of Leitrim. The townland of Lisduff exceeds 264 acres while the townland of Spring Garden exceeds 275 acres. The Lisduff estate was acquired from Denis Kelly's brother, Edmond Kelly. The estate was enlarged by land purchases in the townland of Drumatober and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750. He adopted the additional surname of Kelly.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Mayo in the Parliament of Ireland for 1761 to 1768.