Wednesday 6 March 2013
74 Lord John Browne
Constituency: Mayo 1857-68
Lord John was a young ( 33 on first election ) aristocrat, a nephew of Lord Clanricarde and heir of the Marquess of Sligo. He had served as a naval commander before entering Parliament. He got in in 1857 because George Henry Moore was disqualified for priestly intimidation on petition.
Lord John's background made him susceptible to Disraeli's blandishments and he voted for the Second Reform Act. In the following General Election he was unseated by Moore.
Lord John succeeeded to the Marquisate and a sizeable estate at Westport in 1896 and he died in 1903 aged 79.
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