Herbert Harrington Brown (12 March 1839 – 1 July 1929) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to John and Charlotte Brown, who farmed in the upper Paterson district from 1843. He was educated at

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and Cook's River, and on 4 November 1860 married Harriet Lindeman, with whom he had six children. He was elected to the

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as the member for Paterson at the by-election in 1875. The seat was replaced by

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in 1880, and Brown held the seat until his defeat in 1898. When the party system emerged he was initially a

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r, but he drifted towards the Protectionists over the years. He died in

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on .

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