DE BEAUVOIR, SIR JOHN EDMOND, BART., eldest son of Sir John Edmond Browne, Bart., and Margaret, second dau. of Matthew Lorinan, Ardee, co. Louth; b. 10 Dec 1794; adm. 23 Jul 1807; left 1812; familiarly known as “Paddy” Browne; his mill in fighting green with John Francis Miller Erskine, later 9th Earl of Mar and 11th Earl of Kellie (qv), was witnessed by Princess Charlotte (Albemarle, Fifty years of my life, i, 299); Ensign, 26th Foot 3 Mar 1814, 104th Foot (half-pay) 14 May 1818; assumed surname of De Beauvoir in lieu of Browne 14 Oct 1826; claimed honour of knighthood as of right and was accordingly knighted by Lord Lieut. Ireland 9 Mar 1827; MP Windsor Jan - Apr 1835; succeeded father as 2nd baronet 5 Sep 1835; the present coat of arms over the school doorway was presented by him to replace the former one which he had broken in his school days (see Elizabethan v, 234-5); m. 1st, 1825 Mary, widow of Vice Adm. John Macdougall, and only dau. of Richard Wright, East Harling Hall, Norfolk; m. 2nd, 16 Mar 1867 Letitia, younger dau. of Rev. Charles Mann, Denvir Hall, Downham, Norfolk, Rector of Southery, Norfolk; d. 29 Apr 1869.