Thom's Irish Who's Who/Browne, Col. Francis William Nicholas Wogan-

BROWNE, Col. Francis William Nicholas Wogan-, late commanding 3rd Hussars; J.P. for Co. Kildare; entered 3rd Hussars, 1876; Major, 1895; D.A.A.G. at the Curragh, 1889-92; Lieut.-Col. commanding 3rd Hussars, 1898-92; Brevet-Col., 1902: retd. pay, 1906; A.A. and Q.M.G. at Gibraltar during European War, 1915-6; took the additional name of Wogan by deed poll, 1880; b. 1854; eldest son of Fras. Browne, Major Austrian Service, of Castle Browne and Cradockstown, Co. Kildare, and Tours, France, and Charlotte, dau. of Gen. Baron de Keredern de Trobriand, Chief of Staff to Maréchal Davoust, duc d'Auerstadt; m. 1879, Bridget (d. 1920), 3rd dau. of James Costello, of Fox Hall, Co. Dublin. Res.: Keredern. Naas, Co. Kildare.