Vincent Brown, K.C. (1855 – 9 November 1904) was a Trinidadian lawyer and

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. He was born one of three brothers to Joseph Brown, a merchant of St Vincent and moved as a child with his family to Trinidad, where he was educated at St Mary's College,

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. He afterwards studied law at Gray's Inn in London. On his return to Trinidad he became a magistrate and was appointed Solicitor-General in 1892, a post he held until he was made Attorney-General in 1903. He also served as Mayor of Port of Spain in 1889–90 and was appointed

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. His son, Kenneth Vincent Brown was a Senior Puisne Judge. His grandson was Wayne Vincent Brown, a notable author, journalist and poet.

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