Jemmett Browne was the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 bishop of Killaloe from 1743 to 1745, Bishop of Dromore

Bishop of Dromore

The Bishop of Dromore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the market town of Dromore in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church the title still continues as a separate bishopric, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The...

 for three months in the middle of 1745, Bishop of Cork and Ross

Bishop of Cork and Ross

The Bishop of Cork and Ross is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Cork and the town of Rosscarbery in Ireland. The title was first used by the Church of Ireland from 1638 to 1660 and again from 1679 to 1835...

 from 1745 to 1772, Bishop of Elphin from 1772 to 1775, and finally Archbishop of Tuam

Archdiocese of Tuam (Church of Ireland)

The Archbishopric of Tuam existed from the mid twelfth century until 1839, with its seat at Tuam.St Jarlath is considered to have founded Tuam as the seat of a bishop in about 501, and he stands first in the list of bishops of Tuam...

 from 1775 until his death in 1782.

Of a family seated at Riverstown

Riverstown

Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen , is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin , about 19 km south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4....

 in County Cork

County Cork

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, Browne was descended from an Englishman named Thomas Browne who had settled in the city of Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

 about 1660. 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 educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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 and on 29 December 1723 was ordained a priest

Priest

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 of the Church of Ireland by his relation Bishop Peter Browne. He was appointed Treasurer of Ross

Rosscarbery

Rosscarbery or Roscarbery is a town in County Cork, Ireland. The town is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay.-History:...

 in February 1723/24, Vicar Choral of Cork on 14 July 1724, Precentor

Precentor

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 of Cork on 13 February 1724/25, and Prebendary

Prebendary

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 of Cork in 1732. He then served for ten years as Dean of Ross, 1733–1743.

In 1733 Browne married Alice, a daughter of Thomas Waterhouse, and had sons named Edward and Thomas.

Browne was a friend of Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics...

, who noted in A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by the Irish-born English author Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his...

(1768) that "the Bishop of Cork and Ross has made me great offers in Ireland."

Publications

• Jemmett Browne, A letter from a clrgyman [sic] of the diocess of Cork, to his friend in Dublin, relating the conduct of the Bishop of Cork, in the degradation of Mr. Dallas (printed by M. Pilkington, 1749)