Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont (c. 1731 - 28 December 1780), was the son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont

John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont

John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, , an Irish peer and politician, was a son of Peter Browne and Mary Daly.He was created 1st Earl of Altamont on 4 December 1771.-Paternal ancestors:* John Browne...

 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

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 and the Brownes inherited the Jamaican sugar plantations as well as Lisduff estate and Spring Garden estate, both in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Tynagh

Tynagh

Tynagh is a village and parish in south-east County Galway in Ireland.-Origin of the name:Recorded as Tyneaach , Teacneaghe , Theaneac , its current name is a contraction of Teach nEachach, 'Eochu's house'. In medieval Irish sources it is referred to as Teach nEachach, or 'the house of Eochu'...

, Barony of Leitrim (County Galway). 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 (also in the Barony of Leitrim, Abbeygormacan civil parish) and Garrancarf in 1749, and of the lands of Cormickoge from John Burke in 1750..

Issue

• Charlotte, died 23 January 1849
• John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo
• Denis Browne (politician)
  Denis Browne (politician)
  Denis Browne , was an Irish politician.Browne was the second son of two sons and four daughters born to Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Alamont and Elizabeth Kelly of Lisduffe, County Galway. He was born and raised at the family home of Westport House, County Mayo...
  
  
• Elizabeth, c. 1765-1795
• Anne, c. 1765-1814