BROWN, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1746/7 (Gibson's); left 1748. [Probably Peter Browne-Kelly, 2nd Earl of Altamont (I), son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (I), and Anne, eldest surviving dau. of Sir Arthur Gore, Bart.; b.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1748, aged 17; assumed surname of Kelly on his marriage; MP (I) Co. Mayo [check]; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Altamont (I) 4 Jul 1776; m. 16 Apr 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of Denis Kelly, Lisduffe, co. Galway, Ireland, Chief Justice of Jamaica; d. 28 Dec 1780] [Whitmore also thinks so]

Brown, Ralph Ernest, son of Ernest E. Gleich, of Haverstock Hill; b. Nov. 2, 1900; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1918; engaged with Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.; changed his name to his mother's maiden name 1920; d..

BROWN, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1671, scholar 1672; BA 1674/5; MA 1678.

Brown, Thomas Julian, son of Tom Brown, land agent, of Penrith, and Helen Mary Katherine Wright MBE, d. of Henry Wright of Wark-on-Tyne, Northumberland; b. 24 Feb. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA 1949, MA 1961; The Border Regt 1942-5 (Capt.); asst Keeper Dept of MSS, Brit. Museum, 1950-60; FSA 1956; Prof. of Palaeography Univ. of Lond. 1961-76; FKC 1975; Lyell Reader in Bibliography, Oxf. Univ., and visiting Fellow All Souls Coll. 1976-7; FBA 1982; pres. Bibliographical Soc. 1985-6; contrib. (with others) to Codex Lindisfarnensis (Vol. II) 1960; author of studies of The Stonyhurst Gospel 1969, The Durham Ritual 1969, The Durham Gospels 1980; m. 1959 Alison Macmillan, d. of Eric Dyson of Gainsborough, Lincs; d. 19 Jan. 1987.

Brown, Tom Whittingham, son of Arthur Cecil Brown, cotton merchant, and Beatrice Maude, d. of Thomas Whittingham of Hessle, Yorks; b. 19 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1933; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1945; RNVR 1943-5 (Lieut.-Cdr); Cdr RNR, VRD; asst master Clifton Coll. 1947-51; HM King's Sch. Gloucester 1951-65; HM Duke of York Sch. Nairobi 1965-9; Kenya Inst. of Education 1969-71; Bursar St Catharine's, Cumber­land Lodge, 1972; d. in Nairobi 6 Feb. 1985.

BROWN, WALTER LUCAS, eldest son of Rev. Walter Brown, Prebendary of Canterbury and Rector of All Hallows, Lombard Street, London, and Eliza (Frith ?) (IGI); b. 10 Jan 1805; adm. 30 Oct 1817 (Du Brieux's); KS 2 Mar 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; MA 1830; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Oxford); Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 16 Jul 1839; d. 7 Jan 1862.

BROWNE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

BROWNE, SIR BENJAMIN CHAPMAN, third son of Col. Benjamin Chapman Browne, Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucs., 9th Lancers, and Mary Anne Lloyd, dau. of Thomas John Lloyd Baker, Hardwicke Court, Gloucs.; b. 26 Aug 1839; adm. (G) 29 Jan 1852; left 1855; King’s Coll. London; apprentice engineer at Sir William Armstrong’s Elswick works 1856-60; AMICE 6 Dec 1864, MICE 7 Mar 1871; MIME; chairman, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd., engineers and shipbuilders, Newcastle upon Tyne, for many years; member, Institution of Naval Architects; Mayor, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1885-7; knighted 5 Aug 1887; hon DCL Durham 1887; DL JP Northumberland; m. 9 Feb 1861 Annie, dau. of Robert Thomas Atkinson, High Cross House, Benwell, Northumberland, civil engineer; d. 1 Mar 1917.

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, 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.