Stephen Campbell Brown (21 October 1829 – 16 October 1882) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to merchant John Brown and Frances Helen Watson. He was a solicitor's clerk, qualifying as a solicitor in 1852. In 1860 he married Emma Booth Jones; a second marriage on 20 August 1870 was to Jane Garrett. In 1864 he was elected to the

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for Newtown, holding the seat without any serious challenges until 1881. On 14 November 1881 he accepted as

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in the third Parkes ministry and the following day resigned from the assembly to be appointed to the Legislative Council. He became embroiled in a dispute with the Sydney newspapers about how much they were charged for telegrams and resigned as Postmaster-General on 22 August 1882. He died in Sydney on , survived by four children from his first marriage, his second wife Jane and three of their children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Stephen Campbell 1829 births 1882 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians