Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, styled Viscount Westport until 1800 and Earl of Altamont from 1800 to 1809, was an Anglo-Irish colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica fr
Portrait of Sligo
Hester Catherine de Burgh, 2nd Marchioness of Sligo (1800-1878)
George John Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo, styled Earl of Altamont until 1845, was an Irish peer.
Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo
…Louisa Catherine was born at Westport House in December 1816. Their second daughter Elizabeth was born in December 1818. In January 1820 his oldest son George was born and named in honour of his godfather, King George IV. A second son Howe who was born in January 1821 died in Florence in February 1822. A third…
George, 3rd Marquess of Sligo
This house in Westport became the home of the 3rd Marquess of Sligo and his sisters during the Great Famine while Westport House was closed. It later served as the Westport Garda Station.