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BROWNE, CHARLES AUGUSTUS GUNTER, eldest son of Philip Augustus Browne (qv); b. 14 Jan 1832; adm. (G) 28 Sep 1848; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons, 13 Dec 1850; Lieut., 26 Oct 1854; Capt., 21 Sep 1855; Maj., 5 May 1863; served in Crimean War; d. 30 Jul 1865.

BROWNE, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1725; in school list 1729.

Browne, Douglas Gordon, son of Gordon Frederick Brown, R. I., of Richmond, Surrey, painter and illustrator, by May Hannah, sister of Robert William Frederick Harrison (q.v.); b. July 2, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; served in Great War I with 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.); M.C. Oct. 1918; author of works in fiction, history and biography; m. Oct. 22, 1932, Gwendolen Lizzie, daughter of Frank Hibbert, of Lincoln; d. Feb. 9, 1963.

BROWNE, EDMUND; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692.

BROWNE, HENRY HODGSON; b. 14 Jan 1808; adm. 10 Jan 1815.

BROWNE, HENRY PERRYN, son of Sir Richard Perryn (qv); b.; adm. 5 Jan 1767; left Dec 1769; succ. to Skelbrooke Park, Yorks., under will of Henry Browne, and assumed additional surname of Browne; d. unm. 1823 (will proved PCC 24 Jan 1824, as of St. Marylebone).

BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS, son of Rev. William Browne, Vicar of Burton on Trent, Staffs., and Prebendary of Lichfield, and Ann, dau. of Isaac Hawkins; b. 21 Jan 1705-6; in under school lists as Browne 1715-7; adm. (or readm. ) (aged 13) Feb 1719/20, as Isaac Hawkins; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Sep 1721, matr. Easter 1723; BA 1725/6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jun 1722, called to bar 27 Jun 1728; of Badger Hall, Shropshire; MP Wenlock 7 Dec 1744-54; FRS 2 Feb 1749/50; according to Dr Johnson he was “one of the first wits of this country” and “of all conversers the most delightful” (Boswell, Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, ii, 339); author, De Animi Immortalitate, 1754, and other poems, an edition of which was published by his son in 1768; m. 10 Feb 1744 Jane, dau. of Ven. David Trimnel DD, Archdeacon of Leicester; d. 14 Feb 1760. DNB.

BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS, only son of Isaac Hawkins Browne (qv); b. 7 Dec 1745; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1780); Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 May 1763; MA 1767; DCL 9 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany) in 1770s; of Badger Hall, Shropshire; High Sheriff Shropshire, 1783; MP Bridgnorth 1784-1812; FRS 5 Jul 1770; author, Essays Religious and Moral, 1815, and of a further collection of essays published posthumously; m. 1st, 12 May 1788 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Hon. Edward Hay (qv); m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1805 Elizabeth, second dau. of Thomas Boddington, Clapton, Middlesex, West India merchant, director Bank of England; d. 30 May 1818. DNB.

BROWNE, JEMMETT, eldest son of Rev. Edward Browne, Riverstown, co. Cork, Archdeacon of Ross, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Christopher Earbery, Shandagan, co. Cork; grandson of Jemmett Browne (adm. 1715, qv); b.; adm. 17 Nov 1766; left 1769; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Mar 1769, aged 16; BA 1772; ordained; Prebendary of Cork from Dec 1777; m. 1782 Frances, dau. of John Blennerhassett, Ballyseedy, co. Kerry; d. 3 Mar 1797.