George Browne (1583–1631) was an English lawyer, landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1614 and 1629. Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He matriculated at

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, on 13 October 1598, aged 15 and was awarded B.A. from

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, on 12 May 1602. He was called to the bar at

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in 1609. In 1614, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Braly-Bruer', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 171-200. Date accessed: 21 May 2012
/ref> He was of Symondsbury, Dorset, and Taunton Castle, Somerset. In 1626 he was elected MP for

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. He was Lent reader at Middle Temple in 1628. He was re-elected MP for Taunton in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, George 1583 births 1631 deaths 17th-century English landowners Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Alumni of University College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple 17th-century English lawyers English MPs 1614 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629