Sir Charles Frederick Richmond Brown, 4th Baronet TD DL (6 December 1902 – 9 July 1995) was a British soldier.

Early life

Charles Frederick Richmond Brown was born on 6 December 1902. He was the son of Frederick Richmond Brown and Anne Luxmoore Lees. His paternal grandparents were Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet and his wife, the former Emily Mountsteven. His maternal grandparents were George John Dumville Lees and Anne Dove (

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Luxmoore) Lees. He was educated at

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. On 29 August 1933, he succeeded his childless uncle,

Sir Melville Richmond Brown, 3rd Baronet Sir Melville Richmond Brown, 3rd Baronet (13 October 1866 – 20 February 1944) was an English landowner. Early life Brown was born on 13 October 1866. He was the eldest son of Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet and the former Emily Mountstev ...

, as the 4th Baronet Brown, of Richmond Hill upon the death of Capt Sir Melville Richmond Brown, 3rd Bt.

Career

He served in the

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, gaining the rank of captain. He achieve gained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 7th Battalion,

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( Territorial Army) and fought in

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and was awarded the

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. In 1962, he held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of the

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.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. He was a member of the

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and elected as a Life Vice-President.

Personal life

Brown's first marriage was to Audrey Baring on 29 November 1933. Audrey was a daughter of Brig.-Gen.

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and Lady Ulrica Duncombe, the second daughter of

William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham William Ernest Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham (28 January 1829 – 13 January 1915), known as The Lord Feversham between 1867 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician. Biography Duncombe was the son of William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Fevers ...

. Her brother,

William Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley (1 August 1852 – 24 December 1881), was a British Conservative Party politician. Helmsley was the son of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham, and his wife Mabel Violet (née Graham), daughter ...

was the father of

Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham Lieutenant-Colonel Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (8 May 1879 – 15 September 1916), known as Viscount Helmsley from 1881 to 1915, was a British Conservative Party politician and soldier. Origins Feversham was the son ...

, and her sister, Lady Hermione became the wife of

Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (16 August 1851 – 1 December 1893) was an Anglo-Irish peer. Biography Leinster was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of The 4th Duke of Leinster and Lady Caroline Sutherland-Leveson-Gower. He married La ...

. Before their divorce in 1948, they were the parents of: * Jennifer Richmond Brown (b. 1934) * George Francis Richmond Brown (b. 1938), who became the 5th Baronet and served as

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to the

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from 1961 to 1963. * Elizabeth Maud Richmond Brown (b. 1943), who married Guy M. A. Crawford, son of Col. Mervyn Crawford. He married for the second time to Gwendolen Carlis Meysey-Thompson on 20 November 1951. Gwendolen was a daughter of

Henry Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough (30 August 1845 – 3 March 1929) was a Liberal (and later Liberal Unionist) politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1880 and 1905 when he was raised to the peerage as Ba ...

and Ethel Adeline Pottinger. In 1968, they also divorced in 1968. His third marriage took place on 27 March 1969 to Pauline Emily Gwyneth Mansel Morgan, daughter of Arden William Llewelyn Morgan. Sir Charles died on 9 July 1995 at age 92.

References

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People educated at Eton College Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society