Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1867. _d._ Radley’s hotel, Southampton 6 March 1867. _The genial
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showman by E. P. Hingston_ 1871; _Essays by E. S. Nadal_ 1882
16–41; _Illust. sporting news v_, 705 (1866), _portrait_.
BROWNE, CHARLES THOMAS. _b._ Wellington, Somerset 1825; ed. at Trin.
coll. Dublin; engaged on a London daily paper 1857 to death;
author of _Astrello or the prophet’s vision_ 1850; _Life of
Southey_ 1854; _The United States constitution and powers_ 1856
and under pseudonym of Alexander de Comyne of a poem entitled
_Irene_ 1844. _d._ Basingstoke 7 Oct. 1868.
BROWNE, FIELDING. Ensign 40 Foot 7 March 1800; major 19 Jany. 1815
to 22 June 1820 when placed on h.p.; C.B. 22 June 1815; colonel 10
Jany. 1837. _d._ Gloucester crescent, Regent’s park, London 22
July 1864 aged 79.
BROWNE, GEORGE. Captain 37 Foot 24 March 1825 to 29 Aug. 1826 when
placed on h.p.; chief commissioner of Dublin Metropolitan police
1837–58; C.B. 13 June 1857. _d._ Clifton gardens, Folkestone 12
July 1879 aged 91.
BROWNE, GEORGE (_2 son of John Browne of Hall court, Herts, attorney
general of Jamaica who d. 1828_). _b._ Jamaica 1825; ed. at Jesus
coll. Cam., B.A. 1848; barrister I.T. 4 May 1849; a revising
barrister 1868; recorder of Ludlow 22 Jany. 1873 to death; Q.C. 24
March 1880; author of _A treatise on the principles and practice
of the court for divorce and matrimonial causes_ 1864, _4 ed._
1880; _A treatise on the principles and practice of the court of
probate_ 1873, _2 ed._ 1881. _d._ Calverley park, Tunbridge Wells
19 Sep. 1880.
BROWNE, RIGHT REV. GEORGE JOSEPH PLUNKET. _b._ about 1790; ed. at
Maynooth; parish priest of Athlone many years; bishop of Galway 6
Aug. 1831, consecrated by Abp. of Tuam 23 Oct. 1831; translated to
Elphin 26 March 1844. _d._ 1 Dec. 1858 in 68 year. _W. M. Brady’s
Episcopal succession ii_, 208, 231–2 (1876).
BROWNE, HABLOT KNIGHT (_9 son of Wm. Loder Browne of Kennington,
London, merchant_). _b._ Lower Kennington lane, London 15 June
1815; apprenticed to Wm. Finden the line engraver; illustrated
Dickens’s _Sunday as it is, by Timothy Sparks_ 1836, published at
1/- but now worth more than its weight in gold; illustrated under
pseudonym of Phiz _Pickwick papers_, _Martin Chuzzlewit_ and many
other of Dickens’s novels; exhibited many water-colours at Brit.
Instit. and Soc. of Brit. artists; illustrated many of Lever’s and
Ainsworth’s novels; contributed about 350 sketches to _Judy_ July
1869 to death. _d._ Hove, Brighton 8 July 1882. _D. C. Thomson’s
Life and labours of H. K. Browne_ 1884, _portrait_; _Phiz, a
memoir by J. G. Kitton_ 1882, _portrait_; _Graphic xxvi_, 132
(1882), _portrait_; _G. Everitt’s English Caricaturists_ (1886)
336–54, 412–16.
BROWNE, REV. HENRY (_son of Rev. John Henry Browne, R. of
Crownthorpe, Norfolk who d. 1 May 1843 aged 75_). _b._ 1804; ed.
at C.C. coll. Cam.; Bell Univ. scholar 1823, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1830;
V. of Rudgwick, Sussex 1831; R. of Earnley, Sussex 1833; principal
of diocesan theol. coll. Chichester 1842–7; preb. of Chichester
cath. 9 Dec. 1842; chaplain to bishop of Chichester 1847–70; P.C.
of St. Bartholomew’s Chichester 1850–4; R. of Pevensey 1854 to
death; author of _Ordo sæculorum_ 1844; _Remarks on Mr. Greswell’s
Fasti Catholici_ 1852; translated with C. L. Cornish for the
‘Library of the Fathers’ 17 short treatises of St. Augustine. _d._
Pevensey 19 June 1875.
BROWNE, VERY REV. HENRY MONTAGUE (_2 son of 2 Baron Kilmaine
1765–1825_). _b._ 3 Oct. 1799; dean of cathedral church of St.
Carthagh, Lismore 1850 to death. _d._ Bredon rectory, Worcs. 24
Nov. 1884.
BROWNE, RIGHT REV. JAMES. _b._ Mayglass, Forth, co. Wexford 1786;
ed. at Maynooth college; dean of Maynooth 1814–6, professor of
Sacred Scriptures 1816–27; bishop of Kilmore 20 March 1827 to
death; consecrated to see of Magida _in partibus_ 10 June 1827;
_d._ Cavan 11 April 1865. _Battersby’s Catholic directory_ (1866)
389–92.
BROWNE, JAMES SOLOMON. _b._ Paddington, London 6 Aug. 1791; ed. at
Eton; clerk in Prerogative office Doctors Commons 1802; played
Harlequin to Grimaldi at Birmingham; played at Liverpool 1813–23
and 1826–38; first appeared in London at Drury Lane 7 Oct. 1823 as
Lord Foppington in _A trip to Scarborough_; became most versatile
actor of the day; acted in America 1838, at Olympic theatre London
1845, afterwards in New York; the original Robert Macaire in the
drama of that name; retired from the stage 1858. _d._ New York 28
Nov. 1869. _Oxberry’s Dramatic biography ii_, 177–88 (1825),
_portrait_.
BROWNE, VEN. JOHN HENRY. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; R. of
Cotgrave near Nottingham 1811 to death; archdeacon of Ely 23 Sep.
1816 to death; preb. of Ely 26 June 1817. _d._ Cotgrave 2 Nov.
1858 aged 79.
BROWNE, JOHN ROSS. _b._ Ireland 1817; passed his youth in state of
Kentucky; went to California 1849; went to Europe as a newspaper
correspondent 1851; inspector of custom houses on northern
frontier of the U.S.; reported on the mineral resources of the
country west of the Rocky Mountains for the Government 1866 and
1868; United States minister in China 1868–9; author of _Etchings
of a whaling cruise_ 1846; _Crusoe’s Island_ 1864; _An American
family in Germany_ 1866; _The land of Thor_ 1867. _d._ Oakland
near San Francisco 7 Dec. 1875.
BROWNE, JOHN SAMUEL (_eld. son of John Browne of London, landscape
engraver who d. 2 Oct. 1801 in 60 year_). _b._ St. Saviour’s,
Southwark 15 Sep. 1782; clerk in the East India house 1801; author
of _A catalogue of bishops containing the succession of
archbishops and bishops of Canterbury and York from 1688 to the
present time_ 1812; contributed to _Gentlemen’s Mag._ and _Morning
Herald_. _d._ Walworth, Surrey 6 June 1858. _Gent. Mag. v_, 198
(1858).
BROWNE, PETER, _b._ 1794; M.P. for Rye 18 June 1818 to 2 June 1826;
chargé d’affaires at Copenhagen 8 times during the period 1823–52;
retired on a pension 6 Jany. 1853. _d._ Pallanza 7 April 1872.
BROWNE, PHILIP, _b._ 16 Sep. 1772; entered navy 1 July 1777; captain
19 June 1810; captain of the Hermes 20 guns 1811–14 when placed on
h.p.; V.A. on h.p. 15 April 1854. _d._ Parkstone near Poole,
Dorset 25 Jany. 1860.
BROWNE, REV. SAMUEL (_son of Rev. John W. Browne, Independent
minister_). _b._ England 19 March 1788; went to Cincinnati with
his father 1798; a minister of the United Brethren; joined
presbytery of Cincinnati about 1868; accumulated a large fortune
by the rise of real estate in Cincinnati; bequeathed sum of
150,000 dollars for establishment of a university to bear his name
also land whereon to erect the building and an endowment for
professorships, _d._ Harrison junction, Ohio 10 Sep. 1872.
BROWNE, THOMAS. Entered navy 5 April 1782; captain 29 April 1802;
V.A. 11 Dec. 1846. _d._ Clifton 7 April 1851 in 83 year.
_O’Byrne’s Naval biog. dict._ (1849) 136.
BROWNE, SIR THOMAS HENRY (_elder son of George Browne of Liverpool,
Tuscan consul_). _b._ Liverpool 8 Sep. 1787; ensign 23 foot 28
Oct. 1805, captain 15 April 1813 to 25 Dec. 1814 when placed on
h.p.; received war medal with 8 clasps; aide-de-camp to Marquis of
Londonderry at head quarters of Russian and Austrian armies 1815;
L.G. 20 June 1854; colonel 80 foot 19 Aug. 1854 to death; sheriff
of Flintshire 1824; K.C.H. 1826. _d._ London 11 March 1855.
BROWNE, WALTER JOHN. Ensign Bombay army 17 Sep. 1819; col. 14 N.I.
22 Aug. 1857–1869; general 29 Aug. 1873; C.B. 4 July 1843. _d._
Warkworth 31 Oct. 1881 aged 81.
BROWNE, WALTER RALEIGH (_3 son of Rev. Thomas Murray Browne, V. of
Almondsbury, Gloucs._) _b._ Standish, Gloucs. 1842; ed. at home
and Trin. coll. Cam., scholar 1863, 19 wrangler and tenth classic
1865, B.A. 1865; fellow of his coll. 1867; managing director of
Bridgewater Engineering company 1874–8; M.I.M.E. 1869, sec. 1878
to Jany. 1884; M.I.C.E. 27 May 1879, Telford medallist 1871 and
1876; F.G.S.; F.R.G.S.; one of founders of Society for Psychical
Research 1882; lectured frequently for Christian evidence society;
author of _Facts and fallacies of pauper education_ 1878; _The
inspiration of the New Testament_ 1880; _The foundations of
mechanics_ 1882; _The students mechanics_ 1883. _d._ from typhoid
fever in the general hospital, Montreal 4 Sep. 1884. _Min. of
Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxix_, 362–6 (1885).
BROWNE, WILLIAM, _b._ 1 Nov. 1791; M.P. for co. Kerry 19 July 1841
to 23 July 1847. _d._ at his house in London 4 Aug. 1876.
BROWNE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER FRANCIS. _b._ near Stirling 1805; ed. in
Edinburgh high school and Univ., M.D. 1826; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1826;
studied in France 1826–30; physician at Stirling 1830;
superintendent of Montrose lunatic asylum; superintendent of
Crichton Instit. at Dumfries 1839; paid Comr. in lunacy for
Scotland 23 Sep. 1857 to 1870; the first phys. in Scotland who
adopted new system of treating the insane; author of _What asylums
were, are, and ought to be_. _d._ Crindan, Dumfries 2 March 1885
aged 79.
BROWNE, WILLIAM CHESELDEN. _b._ 1805; entered navy 1816; captain 9
Jany. 1854; retired admiral 9 Jany. 1880; sec. to Royal yacht club
at Cowes 1853–60. _d._ Townsend house, West Cowes 6 April 1881.
BROWNE, VEN. WILLIAM HENRY. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin; archdeacon
of Launceston, Tasmania 1870 to death. _d._ Launceston 18 June
1877 aged 77.
BROWNE, WILLIAM HENRY JAMES (_son of Mr. Browne, harbour master at
Dublin_). Served in merchant service; 2 lieut. of the Enterprise
1848–9; led a sledge party from Port Leopold to east coast of
Prince Regent’s Inlet; 2 lieut. of the Resolute 1850–1; his
sketches of Arctic scenery at Port Leopold were published by
Ackerman 1849; assisted in painting the Arctic panorama in
Leicester square London; retired commander 1 July 1864. _d._
Woolwich March-June 1871.
BROWNE, WILLIAM MEREDITH. Assistant sec. of Westminster Fire Office
1831, sec. 1838 to death; a founder of Mutual Life Office 1834;
founded Westminster and General Life Office 1839, actuary 1839–69;
hon. sec. of London Fire Engine Establishment 1832–65, when the
work was undertaken by Metropolitan Board of Works. _d._ Clarendon
road, Putney 30 March 1880 aged 74.
BROWNING, COLIN ARROTT. Surgeon in the navy 8 Feb. 1817; surgeon of
the Surrey, convict ship 1831 and of six other convict ships
1834–46; retired deputy inspector of hospitals 30 June 1856;
author of England’s exiles 1842; _The Convict ship_ 1844; _The
convict ship and England’s exiles_, _6 ed._ 1855. _d._ Woolwich 26
Oct. 1856.
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (_eld. dau. of Edward Moulton of Burn
hall, Durham_). _b._ Burn hall 6 March 1809; lived at 74
Gloucester place London many years; lived at Florence 1847 to
death, (_m._ 9 Sep. 1846 Robert Browning the poet). author of _An
essay on mind, with other poems_, _anon._ 1826; _Casa Guidi
Windows a poem_ 1851; _Aurora Leigh_ 1857, _18 ed._ 1884 and many
other poems. _d._ Casa Guidi, Florence 30 June 1861. _The poetical
works of E. B. Browning, complete with a memoir 2 vols. New York
1871_; _P. Bayne’s Two great Englishwomen_ (1881), 1–154;
_Macpherson’s Memoirs of the life of Anna Jameson_ (1878) 191–263;
_G. B. Smith’s Poets and novelists_ (1875) 57–110; _M. R.
Mitford’s Recollections of a literary life_ (1859), 154–68; _T. H.
Ward’s English poets_, _2 ed._ (1883) _iv_, 562–80.
BROWNING, GEORGE. Secretary of Society for promoting the fine arts;
author of _Footprints, poems translated and original_ 1871; _A
memoir of the late Emperor Napoleon iii, and a political poem
entitled Rip Van Winkle_, _2 ed._ 1873; _The Edda, songs and sagas
of Iceland, a lecture_, _2 ed._ 1876. _d._ 21 Kildare gardens,
London 20 Dec. 1878 in 65 year.
BROWNING, WILLIAM SHERGOLD (_uncle of Robert Browning the poet_).
author of _Leisure hours_ 1801; _The history of the Huguenots
during the sixteenth century 2 vols._ 1829, _new ed._ 1845; _Hoel
Morvan or the court and camp of Henry v_, _3 vols._ 1844. _d._ 4
March 1874.
BROWNLOW, JOHN CUST, 1 Earl (_eld. son of Brownlow Cust, 1 baron
Brownlow 1744–1807_). _b._ 19 Aug. 1779; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1801, LLD. 1835; created D.C.L. at Ox. 10 June 1834; M.P. for
Clitheroe 6 July 1802 to Jany. 1808; colonel of Royal Lincoln
militia; succeeded 25 Dec. 1807; lord lieut. of Lincolnshire 1
March 1809; created Viscount Alford and Earl Brownlow 27 Nov.
1815; recorder of Boston 12 Dec. 1820; G.C.H. 1834; pres. of
Archæological Institute at Lincoln 1848; F.L.S. 1828, F.R.S. 8 May
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