The Earl of Altamont | |
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![]() Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
Member of the Parliament of Ireland | |
In office 1744–1760 | |
John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (c. 1709 – 4 July 1776), styled Lord Mount Eagle between 1760 and 1768 and Viscount Westport between 1768 and 1771, was an Irish peer and politician. He began the building of Westport House and the town of Westport.