Thomas Watters Brown, KC, PC, PC(NI) (17 March 1879 – 7 October 1944) was an Irish lawyer and politician. Thomas Watters Brown was born at The Square in Newtownards, County Down on 17 March 1879 and was the son of James A. Brown, a wool draper, and Mary Anne Watters. He was educated at

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, Belfast and

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. He was

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in 1907 and took silk in 1918. He was elected

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for North Down in 1918 and was appointed

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in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year, he was promoted to

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. He was the last holder of both offices. He resigned as Attorney General for Ireland in December 1921, and served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland from 1922 until his death. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in December 1922.

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* 1879 births 1944 deaths UK MPs 1918–1922 Solicitors-General for Ireland Attorneys-General for Ireland Irish Queen's Counsel Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922) High Court judges of Northern Ireland People educated at Campbell College Alumni of Queen's University Belfast {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub