Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster

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Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet (died 5 October 1760) [1] was a British politician and merchant.

He was the son of William Brown and Grisel Brice and for some time a merchant and King George II's resident in Venice. [2] On 11 March 1731, he was made a baronet, of the City and Liberty of Westminster, [3] with a special remainder failing own issue male, to his two brothers James and Edward, and their heirs male. [4]

From 1734 to 1747, Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilchester. [5] In 1741, he was appointed Paymaster of His Majesty's works. [6] Brown married Margaret Cecil, sister of Charles Cecil, Bishop of Bristol and then Bangor. [7] They had two daughters [4] and so he was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his nephew James O'Hara. [1] Brown was buried in Audley Street Chapel in London, five days after his death. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  2. ↑ Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 86.
  3. ↑ "No. 7069". The London Gazette . 26 February 1731. p. 1.
  4. 1 2 Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 434–435.
  5. ↑ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Ilchester". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  6. 1 2 "thePeerage – Sir Robert Brown, 1st Bt" . Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  7. ↑ Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 104–105.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Ilchester
1734 – 1747
With: Charles Lockyer 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Westminster)
1731–1760		Succeeded by
James O'Hara Brown


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