Dodwell Browne
Dodwell Browne | |
|---|---|
| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
| In office 1895–1895 | |
| Judge of the District Court of Colombo | |
| In office 1893–1903 | |
| Member of the Colombo Municipal Council | |
| In office November 1890 – May 1891 | |
Dodwell Francis Browne (1841–1920) was an Irish barrister. He was appointed a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1895.[1]
Life
[edit]He was the son of Neal O'Donel Browne of Rathain (Rahins, Raheens) and his wife Sarah Labertouche, daughter of Abel Labertouche.[2] With a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1865.[3] He graduated LL.B. from Trinity College, and was called to the Irish Bar.[2]
Browne was admitted an advocate of the Ceylon Supreme Court in 1872.[4] By 1876 he owned an Irish estate of 703 acres (284 ha) at Raheens in County Mayo, a townland of Islandeady.[5][6] He was a judge of the Colombo District Court from 1893 to 1903.[4]
In 1903 Browne retired on a pension.[2] He became a Justice of the Peace in County Mayo, and resided on his estate.[7] He died at home in July 1920.[8]
Family
[edit]Browne married in 1871 Annabella Glenny, daughter of Samuel Glenny of Liverpool. They had three sons and a daughter, of whom the eldest, Dodwell Browne, graduated M.B. at Trinity College, Dublin, and emigrated to Western Australia.[2]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Amerasinghe 1986, p. 324.
- ^ a b c d Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. pp. 77–78.
- ^ Shaw, Charles (1877). The Inns of Court Calendar: A Record of the Members of the English Bar, Their Inns of Court. Butterworths. p. 149.
- ^ a b Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 176.
- ^ "Estate Record: Browne (Raheens)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie.
- ^ "Raheens Townland, Co. Mayo". www.townlands.ie.
- ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. 1921. p. 276.
- ^ "Record of Success". Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser. 31 July 1920. p. 3.
Bibliography
[edit]- Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years (465/1000 ed.). Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 978-955-599-000-4.