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BROWNE, ---, son of Alexander Browne, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; in school lists 1656; an undated petition to the Governors by his father asks for the election as a Bishop’s Boy of his son, “who has been at this schoole under Mr Busby for this four years” (Chapter Muniments 43082).

BROWNE, ---; b.; at school 1665. [Perhaps = Samuel Brown (qv)]

BROWNE, AUGUSTUS, brother of Barwell Browne (qv); b.; adm. 14 Jan 1773; gold and silver refiner; resident in Devonshire Place, London; m. 10 Aug 1786 Anne, dau. of Rev. Philip Chetwode; d. 19 Jan 1836, aged 70.

BROWNE, BARWELL, eldest son of Lyde Browne, Wimbledon, Surrey, a director of the Bank of England, and a well-known collector of Greek and Roman sculptures, and Margaret, dau. of Richard Barwell, Esher, Surrey; b.; adm. 27 May 1766; left 1769; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1769, aged 16; MA 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Jan 1768, called to bar 26 Jan 1775; m. 1st, 10 Apr 1780 Eleanor, dau. of George Bond, Merton, and Eagle House, Wimbledon, Surrey; m. 2nd, 23 May 1793 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Nathaniel Coffin, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Paymaster of Customs of Boston; d. 27 Jun 1828.

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, 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.