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Marquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1800 for the Earl of Altamont .
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Altamont (1771), Earl of Clanricarde (1800), Viscount Westport (1768), Baron Mount Eagle of Westport (1760), and Baron Monteagle (1806), all but the last in the Peerage of Ireland.
Prior to the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 , the Marquess sat in the House of Lords as Baron Monteagle in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Earls of Altamont (1771 ) John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (d. 1776 ) Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Alamont (d. 1780 ) John Denis Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont (1756 _1809 ), elected a Representative Peer in 1800, created Marquess of Sligo later that year
Marquesses of Sligo (1800 ) John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo (1756 _1809 ) Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788 _1845 ) George John Browne, 3rd Marquess of Sligo (1820 _1896 ) John Thomas Browne, 4th Marquess of Sligo (1824 _1903 ) Henry Ulick Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo (1831 _1913 ) George Ulick Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (1856 _1935 ) Ulick John Browne, 7th Marquess of Sligo (1898 _1941 ) Arthur Howe Browne, 8th Marquess of Sligo (1867 _1951 ) Terence Morris Browne, 9th Marquess of Sligo (1873 _1952 ) Denis Edward Browne, 10th Marquess of Sligo (1908 _1991 ) Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (b. 1939 )