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BROWN (or BROWNE), ABRAHAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1562, Westminster Student to 1579; BA 1566; MA 1569; BD 1576; ordained; supplicated for licence to preach 12 Nov 1577; Vicar of Arreton, Isle of Wight, 1581; Prebendary of Winchester from 9 Apr 1581; Rector of Compton, Hampshire 1613; d. by 9 Mar 1626/7.

Brown (subsequently Kelson), Alan Kelson, son of Sir Stuart Kelson Brown KCIE CB CVO, Dep. Under-Sec. of State India Office, and Dorothy Irene Freeth OBE, d. of Sir Evelyn Freeth Kt., sec. Estate Duty Office; b. 1 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; Bournemouth Municipal Coll. 1939-41, 1946-7; assumed the name of Kelson in lieu of Brown 1941; RE in WW2 (Capt. ), attd Indian Engineers; Mechanical Engineer Admiralty (Civil Engineer-in-Chief’s Dept), Bath and London 1953, Wantage 1954-61, Rosyth 1961-4; MIMechE 1957; seconded RAF 1964-7 for NATO posting in Oslo (Sqdn Ldr); rejoined Admiralty Dept (later Min. of Pub. Building & Works) as building services engineer, London 1967-73, Bournemouth, Dorset to retirement in 1986; m. 13 Apr. 1962 Jennifer Agnes, d. of Col. Roy Schofield Parkes, Indian Army, of Warminster, Wilts; d. 22 Apr. 2015.

Brown (subsequently Somerville), Henry Timothy, son of Ralph Peter Brown of Iron Acton, Gloucs, and Mary, d. of Rev. James Alexander Somerville of Gullane, East Lothian; b. 7 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); left July 1947; BA 1951, MA 1955; adopted the name Henry Timothy Brown Somerville in lieu of Henry Timothy Somerville Brown by deed poll 1955; BSc (Lond. ) 1959; consult. officer Milk Marketing Board, Dorset area, 1959; m. 1 Aug. 1956 Judith Elizabeth, d. of Alfred Harold Taitt, geologist, of Craigellachie, Banff, Alberta, Canada; d. Mar. 2006.

BROWN, ALEXANDER FORESTER; b. (Ireland ?) 27 Oct 1865; adm. (H) 24 Jan 1878; left May 1882.

Brown, Bertram Goulding, son of Walter Brown, of Regents Park, by Eliza Sophia, daughter of Alfred Parsons; b. July 5, 1881; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left Aug. 1899; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 25, 1900); matric. Michaelmas 1900; exhibitioner 1902, major scholar 1903; 1st class History Tripos, part 1, 1902, 1st class, part 2, 1903; Greaves Prize for History 1902; Earl of Derby Student 1903-5; commended in exam. for the Lightfoot scholarship 1904; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played chess for Cambridge v. Oxford 1901-4; president, Camb. Univ. Chess Club 1902-3; sometime asst. master Leys School; Director of Studies in History to Downing and Emmanuel Colleges, Cambridge; m. Aug. 18, 1910, May Marian, only daughter of William Mortlock, of Beckenham, Kent.

Brown, Charles Claud Liversidge, brother of Nigel Patrick Vivian Brown (qv); b. 3 Oct. 1937; adm. May 1951 (G); left July 1954; an apprentice with Standard Telephones & Cables; d. 9 July 1960.

Brown, Charles Donald, son of Charles Alfred Brown, of Putney, by Kathleen, daughter of Dr. Frederick James Reilly, of South Hackney; b. March 31, 1902; adm. Jan. 20, 1916 (R); left July 1920; London Univ., Kings Coll.; B.Sc. (Eng.) 1924; managing director, William Bain & Co. Ltd.; m. March 18, 1930, Marion, daughter of F. C. R. Palmer, F.R.I.B.A., of Putney; d. 23 Aug. 1985.

BROWN, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1721/2; left 1729.

BROWN, C. J.; b.; adm. 24 Mar 1808; at school until c. Christmas 1810 (charged fees to then).