Browne Baronets
There have been ten baronetcies created for persons with the surname Browne (as distinct from Brown and Broun), six in the Baronetage of Great Britain, three in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Only one creation is extant as of 2010. Three of the creations were for members of the Browne family headed by the Viscount Montagu.
Read more about Browne Baronets: Browne Baronets, of Walcot (1621), Browne Baronets, of Molahiffe (1622), Browne Baronets, of Kishack (1622), Browne Baronets, of Betchworth Castle (1627), Browne Baronets, of The Neale (1636), Browne Baronets, of Deptford (1649), Browne Baronets, of Kiddington (1659), Browne Baronets, of London (1660), Browne Baronets, of Caversham (1665), Browne, Later De Beauvoir Baronets, of Palmerston (1797)
Famous quotes containing the word browne:
“Underneath this sable hearse
Lies the subject of all verse:
Sidney’s sister, Pembroke’s mother;
Death ere thou has slain another,
Fair, and learned, and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.”
—William Browne (1591–1643)