Brutus Browne

Brutus Browne (by 1564-1595), of Brown's Hillash, in the parish of Langtree, Devon, was an English naval officer who fought against the Spanish Armada of 1588 and was a Member of Parliament for Bodmin, Cornwall, in 1586-7.

Origins He was the second son and heir of Thomas Browne (d.1596) (alias Bevill) of Brown's Ilash, a feodary (an official of the Court of Wards and Liveries) of the Duchy of Cornwall, by his wife Joane Lene, daughter and heiress of John Lene of Cornwall. His younger brother was Sir Thomas Browne (d.1614) of Langtree, who was knighted at Windsor Castle on 9 July 1603 Sir Thomas Browne died without progeny,