Nicholas Browne

Sir Nicholas Walker Browne, KBE, CMG (17 December 1947 – 14 January 2014) was a British diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Iran from 1999 to 2002 and Ambassador to Denmark from 2003 to 2006.

Early life Browne was born on 17 December 1947 in West Malling, Kent, England. He was the third of four sons born to Gordon Browne, a World War II British Army officer and later a member of the intelligence services. He was educated at Cheltenham College, a public school (i.e. an independent boarding school) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. His first posting to Iran was as Third Secretary in Tehran from 1971 to 1974. In early 1980, he was posted to Southern Rhodesia as First Secretary and Head of Chancery.

He was promoted to His Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1999. He served as His Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark from 2003 to 2006.

Later life Browne was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2003. He retired in 2006 due to the illness. He died on 13 January 2014 in Somerset, aged 66.

Personal life Browne married Diana Aldwinckle in 1969. They had met while fellow undergraduates at the University of Oxford. Together they had two sons, Jeremy and Arthur, and two daughters, Jasmine and Abigail. He was an avid rock fan with a large collection of vinyls. In 1980, he had attended one of the last concerts by Bob Marley at the Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury, Zimbabwe.