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, 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.

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, ST. JOHN, brother of Thomas Adderley Browne (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1762; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1766, adm. pens. 28 May 1766, scholar 15 May 1767, matr. Mich. 1769; BA 1770; adm. Inner Temple year 1766-7; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1770, priest 29 Sep 1770 (both Cork); Curate, Rincurran, co. Cork, 1772, Murragh, co. Cork, 1774; removed to diocese of Canterbury, 1774; Chaplain, EICS Madras; arrived in India Aug 1775; found guilty of homicide by misadventure by a jury in Madras, following the death of one of his servants from a twenty-foot fall while in fear of punishment from him; about to leave Madras for England Feb 1776.

BROWNE, JOSEPH; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1612, Westminster Student to 1623; subscribed 21 Oct 1614; BA 1616; MA 1619; ordained deacon (York) 19 Sep 1619; Rector of Gatesden, co. Durham, 1620.

BROWNE, JOHN, of Hampshire; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1601, matr. 20 Jan 1601/2, Westminster Student; BA 1605; MA 1608.

BROWNE, EDMUND; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692.

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

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.

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.