John Browne (1696–1750)
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John Browne (1696–1750) of Forston,
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, was an English lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the
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from 1727 to 1750. Browne was baptized on 24 December 1696, the second son of Robert Browne of Frampton and Forston, and his wife Frances Browne, daughter of Robert Browne of Blandford St Mary, Dorset. He was younger brother of Robert Browne. He matriculated at
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on 1 June 1715, aged 18, and was admitted at
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in 1715. He was called to the bar in 1722 and was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1733. He was standing counsel to the
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, and became King's Counsel in February 1736. At the
1727 British general election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trigg ...
, Browne was returned unopposed as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Dorchester on his family's interest. He voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions. He was returned in a contest at the
1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of Great Britain, House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scot ...
. He spoke in favour of the seamen's bill in January 1741 and was one of the Tories who withdrew on the motion for the removal of Walpole in February 1741. He was returned unopposed at the
1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...
. He followed Pitt and Lyttleton in walking out of the House on 29 February 1744 during Lord Barrington's speech to defer the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act against the threatened French invasion. He became Recorder of Dorchester in 1747 and at the
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was returned unopposed again for Dorchester. Browne died unmarried on 25 April 1750.


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1696 births 1750 deaths Politicians from Dorset Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Dorchester British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub