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BROWNE, THOMAS ADDERLEY, eldest son of Rev. St. John Browne DD, Kinsale, co. Cork, Prebendary of Cork and Chancellor of Ross, and his first wife Amelia, dau. of Edward St. George, Kinsale, co. Cork; nephew of Jemmett Browne (adm. 1715, qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1760; KS 1761; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 May 1763; BCL 1770; adm. Inner Temple year 1762-3; ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 May 1769, priest (Cork) 21 Sep 1770; Curate, Kinsale, co. Cork, 1770, Vicar 1771-80; Chancellor of Ross from 29 Apr 1774; Vicar Choral of Tuam 9 Oct 1780-8; Incumbent of Rincurran, co. Cork, from 1788; m. Ann, dau. of Col. Henry Reddish; d. Jan 1798.

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.

born c.1535 ; ed. Eton Coll. and King’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.scholar 13 Aug 1550 ; BA 1554/5 ; MA 1558 ; BD 1569 ; Fellow, King’s Coll. 1553-64 ; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1561 (London) ; University Preacher, Cambridge 1562 ; Rector of Dunton Waylett, Essex, from 18 Apr 1564 ; Head Master, Westminster School Jan 1565 – Mar 1568/9 ; Prebendary of Westminster from 20 Apr 1566, Sub-Dean ; Rector of St.Leonard, Foster Lane, London 11 Jul 1567-74 ; Rector of Chelsea, Middlesex, from 7 Jun 1574 ; his play, Thebais, A Tragedy, probably translated from Seneca, is supposed to have been written for performance at Cambridge in the late 1550s or early 1560s, but no text of it survives; author, several occasional poems ; m. ; d. 2 May 1585. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.

BROWNE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 17 Sep 1776.

Browne, Wallis Cazalet, son of Edward William Browne, of South Kensington; b. April 23, 1887; adm. April 26, 1901 (R); left Easter 1904.

Browne, Walter Stephen Wilfrid; b. May 9, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); lqt Dec. 1892; 2nd Lieut. Liverpool Regt. (from Militia) Dec. 9, 1899; Lieut. July 21, 1900; Capt. Dec. 9, 1908, Indian Army Feb. 29, 1912; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. (Brevet) Jan. 1, 1919 (subst.), July 25, 1923; was employed with the West African Frontier Force, Feb. 21, 1903 - June 24, 1904.

BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of Rev. Richard Browne DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Mary, dau. of William Sambach, Paddington, Middlesex; b. 8 Dec 1755; adm. 14 Nov 1771; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 - void 19 Dec 1780 (expiry year of grace as R. Launton from 17 Dec 1779); BA 1778; MA 1781; BD and DD 1800; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778; Rector of Launton, Oxfordshire, from 13 Dec 1779; Prebendary of Wells from 24 May 1785; JP Oxfordshire; m. 22 Dec 1779 Bridget, dau. of Capt. Thomas Burton, 2nd Foot Guards; d. 17 Nov 1837.

BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Frederick Browne (qv); b.; adm. 18 Mar 1799 (Clapham); KS (aged 13) 1800; left Christmas 1802; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 9 Jun 1803; Lieut., 9 Jun 1804; Capt., 64th Foot, 2 Apr 1807; 6th Dragoons, 7 May 1807; retd. 17 Jun 1819; served at battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded; m. 12 Jul 1809 Margareta Martha, dau. of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bart., MP; d. 3 Mar 1842.

BROWNING, GEORGE, son of George Browning, Exeter, Devon; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1671, matr. 27 Jun 1671, aged 19, Westminster Student 8 Jul 1672-90 (void), Tutor 1678; BA 1675; MA 18 Mar 1677/8; ordained; Vicar of Barnstaple, Devon, from 2 Jul 1687; Vicar of Stoke Rivers, Devon, 1701; m. 29 May 1690 Honor, eldest dau. of Rev. William Reade, Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 16 Nov 1702.

Browning, Percy Triquet, son of Percy Browning, of New Cross, Kent, stockbroker, by Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of George Michael Todd, of New Cross; b. Oct. 8, 1882; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies and Triplett) 1901, having previously obtained an exhibition there for Mathematics and Science, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1909; Bishop's Hostel, Farnham, 1905; ordained 1905; Trin. Coll. Missioner and Curate of St. George's, Camberwell, Surrey, 1905-11; Wilberforce Missioner and Public Preacher in the diocese of Southwark 1911-5; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Oct. 1, 1915; Chaplain No. 5 Lond. Gen. Hosp. (St. Thomas's Hospital) 1915-8; Vicar of All Souls, Leeds 1918; Vicar of St. Martin's, Brighton 1934-8; Rector of East Blatchington, Sussex, 1938-46; m. Nov. 3, 1915, Etheldred, fourth daughter of Jarvis Kenrick, of Bletchingley, Surrey; d. Dec. 3, 1947.