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Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne

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Dominick Geoffrey Thomas Browne (born 1 July 1929), succeeded his father as 5th Baron Oranmore and Browne and 3rd Baron Mereworth but known as Lord Mereworth
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Third, 1951, Constance Stevens (14 February 1915 – 24 September 2006), an actress with the stage name
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Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, 2nd Baron Mereworth
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and turned into a nursing home. Lord Oranmore and Browne went to live in London.
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Lord Oranmore and Browne died in London on 7 August 2002 at the age of 100.
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First, 1925, Mildred Helen Egerton (15 November 1903 – 1980), daughter of
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brewery fortune (marriage dissolved 1950). Children from this marriage:
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The Hon. Martin Michael Dominick Browne (27 October 1931 – 14 June 2013)
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In the early 1950s, the castle was acquired by the Irish Government's
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The Hon. Brigid Verena Browne (25 December 1927 – 3 January 1941)
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Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne in 1901, the eldest son of the
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Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
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In 1927, he succeeded his father and took his seat in the
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The Hon. Patricia Helen Browne (16 February 1926 – 1981)
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In 1930, the English residence of the Browne family,
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Lord Oranmore and Browne married three times :
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The Right Honourable

House of Lords
The 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne
Dublin
Westminster
Oonagh Guinness
Sally Gray
Garech Browne
Tara Browne
Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne
Anglo-Irish
the Hon.
3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne
8th Earl of Bessborough
Eton
Christ Church, Oxford
Grenadier Guards
House of Lords
Baron Mereworth
Peerage of the United Kingdom
barony of Oranmore and Browne
Peerage of Ireland
Mereworth Castle
Claremorris
County Mayo
British Army
Irish Land Commission
the Hon.
earls of Ellesmere

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