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Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet

1626 – 1690

English politician

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Lived 1626 – 1690 (aged 63–64). Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet was a politician.

Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet, DL, JP (c. 1626 – 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1661 and 1689. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.

Browne was the son of Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Adam, daughter of William Adam of Saffron Waldon. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and although his father, as MP for Surrey, had supported the Parliamentary side, Browne supported the Royalist army in the Civil War. He was a colonel of the horse in the Royalist Army until 1646 and took part in the Surrey uprising in 1648.

In 1660, Browne was ineligible to stand in the Convention Parliament. However he became a J.P. for Surrey in March 1660, a major in the regiment of Sir Ashley Cooper from July to November 1660 and a Deputy Lieutenant and commissioner for assessment in August 1660.

Browne married Philippa Cooper, daughter of Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet of Rockbourne and Wimborne St Giles, Dorset. His son Ambrose Browne who was MP for Bletchingley predeceased him and the baronetcy became extinct.

Browne died in 1690 and was buried at Dorking on 3 November.

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Born
1626
Birth century
Died
1690
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
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Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet was born in 1626.

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Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet died in 1690.

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· Wikidata: Q7525898

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