Colonel Harold Gore Brown (18 September 1856 - 4 January 1938) commanded the First Battalion of the

King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...

in the

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of 1899–1900, and took part in the Relief of Ladysmith. He was a member of the King's Bodyguard from 1905 until 1928 as one of H.M. Honourable Corp of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Gore Brown was the Honorary Secretary of the

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Family

Harold was the son of

Thomas Gore Browne Colonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne, (3 July 1807 – 17 April 1887) was a British colonial administrator, who was Governor of St Helena, Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda. Early life Browne was born on ...

, brother to

Ethel Locke King Dame Ethel Locke King, DBE (1864–1956; née Gore-Browne, sometimes incorrectly written as Locke-King

and

Wilfrid Gore Browne Wilfrid Gore Browne (6 May 1859 – 15 March 1928) was an Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman from 1912 to 1928. He was described as a saintly bishop with "a keen sense of humour" and "a winning courtesy." Early ...

. He was married to Lady Muriel Murray, daughter of

Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore Volunteer Decoration, VD (24 March 1841 – 27 August 1907), styled Viscount Fincastle from birth until 1845, was a Peerage of Scotland, Scottish peer, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, ...

. His brother Francis's son, Stewart Gore Browne of

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was Harold's nephew. He died at his sister's home on 4 January 1938 at the age of 81 with his

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held at

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Family portrait showing Harold and his parents and sister
King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 1856 births 1938 deaths British Army personnel of the Second Boer War {{UK-army-bio-stub