Dodwell Francis Browne

Dodwell Francis Browne (1841–1920) was an Irish barrister. He was appointed a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1895.

Life He was the son of Neal O'Donel Browne of Rathain (Rahins, Raheens) and his wife Sarah Labertouche, daughter of Abel Labertouche. With a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, he was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1865. He graduated LL.B. from Trinity College, and was called to the Irish Bar. By 1876 he owned an Irish estate of at Raheens in County Mayo, a townland of Islandeady. He was a judge of the Colombo District Court from 1893 to 1903. He died at home in July 1920.

Family Browne married in 1871 Annabella Glenny, daughter of Samuel Glenny of Liverpool. They had three sons and a daughter, of whom the eldest, Dodwell Browne, graduated M.B. at Trinity College, Dublin, and emigrated to Western Australia.