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Son of Sir Wistan Browne, of Abbesroding and Langenhoo, in Essex. He was born in Essex about 1510, and studied at Oxford. There is no record of his admission; but he was appointed Reader at the Inn in 1553. He is called by Plowden "a man of profound genius and great eloquence." In 1555 he became Serjeant-at-Law, and one of the Queen's Serjeants. In 1558 he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, but, being a Roman Catholic by religion, was removed by Queen Elizabeth the next year, to make room for (q.v.). The queen, however, out of respect for his talents and character, permitted him to hold the position of puisne judge till his death, which occurred on 16 May, 1567.

Chief Justice Browne published no work, but he was an author to this extent, that he supplied the ailments in a treatise published by John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, in support of the right of Mary Queen of Scots to the succession to the Crown of England. Besides which, Wood refers to a manuscript entitled, A Discourse upon certain points touching the Inheritance of the Grown, conceived by Sir Anthony Browne, Justice."



There is no mention of his admission, but he was Reader at the Middle Temple in 1516, and again in 1521. He was the younger brother of Sir Wistan Browne, referred to in the previous notice. He was elevated to the Bench as a Judge of the Common Pleas in 1542, having been previously (1531) made a Serjeant-at-Law, and King's Serjeant (1536). He was one of those who witnessed the signature to the deed of Edward VI., altering the succession.



Admitted 23 November, 1822.

Second son of Robert Browne, of Brook Farm Cottage, near Aylesbury, Buckingham (and brother of Edward Harold Browne, Bishop of Winchester). He entered the army in 1824, and first saw service in the Afghan campaign in 1842, at the close of which he was made Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1851 he was appointed Governor of St. Helena, whence he was transferred to New Zealand in 1854, when it became his duty to deal with disputes between settlers and natives about the purchase of land in Taranaki, which led to fighting in 1860. In the following year he was recalled, to be succeeded by Sir George Grey. He was then made Governor of Tasmania, which he continued to be till 1868, when he retired, and was made K.C.M.G. He died in London 17 April, 1887.



Admitted 9 August, 1604.

Son of William, fourth Baron Chandos. At the time of his entrance he had been two years in possession of the title, having succeeded his father in 1602. He was a man of high spirit and accomplishments, and of ample fortune, which he expended in so splendid a manner that he was popularly known as "King of Cotswold," the district in which he lived. He was also a person of literary abilities, and the reputed author of Horæ Subsecivæ; Observations and Discourses (1620). Lord Chandos died in 1621. He married Anne, daughter