born c.1535 ; ed. Eton Coll. and King’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.scholar 13 Aug 1550 ; BA 1554/5 ; MA 1558 ; BD 1569 ; Fellow, King’s Coll. 1553-64 ; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1561 (London) ; University Preacher, Cambridge 1562 ; Rector of Dunton Waylett, Essex, from 18 Apr 1564 ; Head Master, Westminster School Jan 1565 – Mar 1568/9 ; Prebendary of Westminster from 20 Apr 1566, Sub-Dean ; Rector of St.Leonard, Foster Lane, London 11 Jul 1567-74 ; Rector of Chelsea, Middlesex, from 7 Jun 1574 ; his play, Thebais, A Tragedy, probably translated from Seneca, is supposed to have been written for performance at Cambridge in the late 1550s or early 1560s, but no text of it survives; author, several occasional poems ; m. ; d. 2 May 1585. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
BROWNE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 17 Sep 1776.
Browne, Wallis Cazalet, son of Edward William Browne, of South Kensington; b. April 23, 1887; adm. April 26, 1901 (R); left Easter 1904.
Browne, Walter Stephen Wilfrid; b. May 9, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); lqt Dec. 1892; 2nd Lieut. Liverpool Regt. (from Militia) Dec. 9, 1899; Lieut. July 21, 1900; Capt. Dec. 9, 1908, Indian Army Feb. 29, 1912; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. (Brevet) Jan. 1, 1919 (subst.), July 25, 1923; was employed with the West African Frontier Force, Feb. 21, 1903 - June 24, 1904.
BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of Rev. Richard Browne DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Mary, dau. of William Sambach, Paddington, Middlesex; b. 8 Dec 1755; adm. 14 Nov 1771; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 - void 19 Dec 1780 (expiry year of grace as R. Launton from 17 Dec 1779); BA 1778; MA 1781; BD and DD 1800; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778; Rector of Launton, Oxfordshire, from 13 Dec 1779; Prebendary of Wells from 24 May 1785; JP Oxfordshire; m. 22 Dec 1779 Bridget, dau. of Capt. Thomas Burton, 2nd Foot Guards; d. 17 Nov 1837.
BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Frederick Browne (qv); b.; adm. 18 Mar 1799 (Clapham); KS (aged 13) 1800; left Christmas 1802; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 9 Jun 1803; Lieut., 9 Jun 1804; Capt., 64th Foot, 2 Apr 1807; 6th Dragoons, 7 May 1807; retd. 17 Jun 1819; served at battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded; m. 12 Jul 1809 Margareta Martha, dau. of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bart., MP; d. 3 Mar 1842.
BROWNING, GEORGE, son of George Browning, Exeter, Devon; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1671, matr. 27 Jun 1671, aged 19, Westminster Student 8 Jul 1672-90 (void), Tutor 1678; BA 1675; MA 18 Mar 1677/8; ordained; Vicar of Barnstaple, Devon, from 2 Jul 1687; Vicar of Stoke Rivers, Devon, 1701; m. 29 May 1690 Honor, eldest dau. of Rev. William Reade, Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 16 Nov 1702.
Browning, Percy Triquet, son of Percy Browning, of New Cross, Kent, stockbroker, by Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of George Michael Todd, of New Cross; b. Oct. 8, 1882; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies and Triplett) 1901, having previously obtained an exhibition there for Mathematics and Science, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1909; Bishop's Hostel, Farnham, 1905; ordained 1905; Trin. Coll. Missioner and Curate of St. George's, Camberwell, Surrey, 1905-11; Wilberforce Missioner and Public Preacher in the diocese of Southwark 1911-5; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Oct. 1, 1915; Chaplain No. 5 Lond. Gen. Hosp. (St. Thomas's Hospital) 1915-8; Vicar of All Souls, Leeds 1918; Vicar of St. Martin's, Brighton 1934-8; Rector of East Blatchington, Sussex, 1938-46; m. Nov. 3, 1915, Etheldred, fourth daughter of Jarvis Kenrick, of Bletchingley, Surrey; d. Dec. 3, 1947.
Browning, Robert Stuart, son of the Rev. Arthur Browning, Vicar of Penn Street, Amersham, Bucks, by Catherine Maude, daughter of Thomas Worthington Clarke, of Hinckley, Leics; b. May 16, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915, matric. Trinity 1919; B.A. 1920; A. C. A. 1923; an asst. accountant Burma Oil Company April 1925; on the staff of the Foreign Exchange Control, Bank of England; served in France 1916-8 and was wounded on the Somme Aug. 1916; Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Royal Sussex Regt. July 1, 1917; with the Army of Occupation in Cologne 1918-9; demob. April 1919; d. 30 July 1979.
Browning, Wilfred Robert Francis, son of Charles Robert Browning, university lecturer, of Plymouth, Devon, and Mabel Elizabeth, d. of William Henry Chaney; b. 29 May 1918; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1937, BA 1940, MA 1944, BD 1949; ord. deacon 1941, priest 1942 (Peterborough); Curate Towcester 1941-4, Christ Church Woburn Square, Lond., 1944-6; Chaplain Heswall Nautical Sch. 1946-8; Priest-in-charge St Richard’s, Hove 1948-51; Rector Great Haseley, Oxon, and lecturer Cuddesdon Theol. Coll. 1951-9; Canon Residentiary Blackburn, Warden Whalley Abbey, 1959-65; examining chaplain to Bishop of Oxford 1965-88; Canon of Ch. Ch., Oxf., 1965-87; author of A Commentary on St Luke’s Gospel 1960, Guide to the New Testament 1962 and Oxford Dictionary of the Bible 1996; awarded Cross of St Augustine 2008; m. 31 July 1948 Mary Elizabeth Beeston, teacher, d. of Capt. William Horace Beeston of Cranmore House, Aldershot; d. 23 Feb. 2017.