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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, THOMAS GUNTER, second son of Thomas Gunter Browne, St. John’s, Antigua, and Ann, dau. of William Dickinson, Antigua; b. 3 Nov 1756; adm. 17 Jan 1770; KS 1771; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1775, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1775, scholar 26 Apr 1776, did not matr.; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, 24 Nov 1777; Lieut., 37th Foot 28 Mar 1778; Capt., 102nd Foot, 9 Oct 1781; 60th Foot, 24 Oct 1781; half-pay from 1783; subsequently resided in France; author, Hermes Unmasked, 1795; d. 1834.

BRYDGES, HON. HENRY, brother of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 20 Jan 1674/5; adm. 1686; KS 1688; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 15, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691-9 (void); BA 1695; MA 1698; BD and DD 1711; ordained; Rector of Broadwell with Adlestrop, Gloucs., 1699-1717; Chaplain to Factory at Aleppo, 1701; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Gloucester, 1705; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne and George I; Archdeacon and Prebendary of Rochester from 24 May 1720; Rector of Amersham, Bucks., from 1721; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 26 Apr 1722; Visitor of Balliol Coll., Oxford, 17 Jun 1723; Busby Trustee from 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 7 Jun 1705 Annabella, dau. of Edward Atkyns (qv); d. 9 May 1728.