Sir William Browne (c.1564 – 11 March 1637) of Chichester, Sussex and Walcott, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1614 and 1622. Browne was eldest son of John Browne of Kirdford, Sussex. He matriculated from

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at Easter 1579. He was possibly admitted at

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in November 1579. In 1614, he was elected

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for

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. He was re-elected MP for Haslemere in 1621.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, William 1560s births 1637 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622