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Dodwell Francis Browne (1841–1920) was an Irish barrister. He was appointed a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1895.

Life

He was the son of Neal O'Donel Browne of Rathain (Rahins, Raheens) and his wife Sarah Labertouche, daughter of Abel Labertouche. With a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1865. He graduated LL.B. from Trinity College, and was called to the Irish Bar.

Browne was admitted an advocate of the Ceylon Supreme Court in 1872. By 1876 he owned an Irish estate of 703 acres (284 ha) at Raheens in County Mayo, a townland of Islandeady. He was a judge of the Colombo District Court from 1893 to 1903.

In 1903 Browne retired on a pension. He became a Justice of the Peace in County Mayo, and resided on his estate. He died at home in July 1920.

Family

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.

References

Citations

1. Amerasinghe 1986, p. 324.
2. ^ Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. pp. 77–78.
3. Shaw, Charles (1877). The Inns of Court Calendar: A Record of the Members of the English Bar, Their Inns of Court. Butterworths. p. 149.
4. ^ 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.
5. "Estate Record: Browne (Raheens)". landedestates.nuigalway.ie.
6. "Raheens Townland, Co. Mayo". www.townlands.ie.
7. Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. 1921. p. 276.
8. "Record of Success". Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser. 31 July 1920. p. 3.

Bibliography

• 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.

• 1841 births
• 1920 deaths
• Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
• British expatriates in British Ceylon
• 19th-century British people
• 19th-century Sri Lankan lawyers