Sir George Browne (died 1661) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1660. Browne was the son of William Browne of

Radford Semele Radford Semele is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, situated close to the Regency spa town of Leamington Spa. According to the 2001 Census, Radford Semele parish has a population of 2,448, according to 2021 census. It lies ...

, Warwickshire. He was admitted to

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in February 1619. In April 1660, Browne was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online- Browne, George
/ref> He was knighted on 30 June 1660. Browne died early in 1661.when the manors of Leamington and Radford Semele passed to his relative Elizabeth Throckmorton, wife of Sir William Throckmorton.'The borough of Leamington Spa', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6: Knightlow hundred (1951), pp. 155-161. Date accessed: 9 March 2011
/ref> Browne married Mary Littleton, daughter of

Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet (c. 1599 – c. 1657) was a 17th-century English Baronet and politician from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family, the first of a line of four Littleton baronets with Pillaton Hall as their seat. He was the ...

John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> in 1636 when his father settled on him the manor of Leamington, with view of frank-pledge, and a water-mill. Following his death, she married Sir Robert Fisher, Bt.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, George Year of birth missing 1661 deaths English MPs 1660 Members of Gray's Inn