Background
Browne was the fourth son of Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, and Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh, daughter of John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.
Browne was the fourth son of Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, and Lady Hester Catherine de Burgh, daughter of John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde.
They had ten children:
George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (1856–1935)
Catherine Elizabeth Browne (1857–1874)
Herbert Richard Browne (1858–1890)
Lady Edith Hester Browne (1860–1936)
Lady Florence Marion Browne (1863–1946)
Arthur Browne, 8th Marquess of Sligo (1867–1951)
Terence Browne, 9th Marquess of Sligo (1873–1952)
Lady Nora Browne (1873–1948)
Alice Evelyn Browne (1877–?)
Lord Alfred Eden Browne (1878 – 27 August 1918)
He is buried to the north-east of the main chapel at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.