Background
Of a family seated at Riverstown in County Cork, Browne was descended from an Englishman named Thomas Browne who had settled in the city of Cork about 1660.
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Jemmett Browne
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Westminster School.
Career
Born at Cork, the name Jemmett came from the family of his mother, Judith, daughter of Warham Jemmett. His father, Edward Browne, was Mayor of Cork in 1714. He was appointed Treasurer of Ross in February 1723/24, Vicar Choral of Cork on 14 July 1724, Precentor of Cork on 13 February 1724/25, and Prebendary of Cork in 1732.
He then served for ten years as Dean of Ross, 1733–1743.
Browne is appreciated for architectural and decorative patronage of work undertaken at Riverstown House.
