Sir Melville Richmond Brown, 3rd Baronet (13 October 1866 – 20 February 1944) was an

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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 Mountsteven. The family lived at

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, and

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. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Brown and Sarah Benedict (

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Brown) Brown. Among his extended family were uncles

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, MP for Newbury, and Sir Alexander Brown, Bt, also an MP. His maternal grandparents were Gen. William Thomas Blewett Mountsteven and Emily (née Woodforde) Mountsteven.

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1906, he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Brown, of

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which had been created in 1863 for his great-grandfather William Brown, a prominent merchant and founder of the banking-house of Brown, Shipley & Co. Brown gained the rank of Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and the rank of Honorary Major in the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 540.

Personal life

On 27 February 1906, he married Lilian Alice Mabel Roussel, a daughter of Robert Roussel, three months before he succeeded his father as the third baronet. The wedding took place at the register office at

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and they lived for a time at White Rock, in Brockenhurst. In May 1910, Sir Melville's affairs were place under the control of a guardian, his younger brother Frederick, due to his "lunacy." After being told she only had a few months to live in the early 1920s, she took up exploring. They divorced in November 1930, with Sir Melville naming F. A. Mitchell-Hedges as co-respondent. Lady Richmond Brown had accompanied Mitchell-Hedges on several expeditions to Central America, where they obtained relics for the

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. Sir Melville died on 20 February 1944. As he died without issue, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, Charles Frederick Richmond Brown, eldest son of his younger brother Frederick. His former wife died in 1946.

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