Educated at Eton and St. John's College; he was a member of the Cambridge Whig Club and MP for County Mayo (1814 to 1826, 1830 to 1836); he was granted his title in 1836.

REFERENCES TO Dominick Browne, first baron Oranmore and Browne:

John Cam Hobhouse to John Murray, November 1820 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)