Her husband had inherited a 800-acre farm, the huge Westport House and the title of Marquess of Sligo.
However the four sons died and the Browne family's finances were substantially reduced because of death duties which were paid twice on the fortune.
[2] She and her husband and her son moved to Ireland but the farm made no money and by 1958 the option of selling the house only brought derisory offers.
She was able to design and make furnishing fabrics to suit the Westport House rooms as she had always made her own clothes and her own accessories.
She crocheted bedspreads to decorate the beds and she is credited with being the house's châtelain and its interior designer.