Howard Clifton Brown (3 April 1868 – 11 September 1946) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury.
The son of James Clifton Brown of Amelia Rowe, he was elected to the House of Commons for Newbury at an unopposed by-election on 6 June 1922. However, in the following year's general election he lost the seat by just 41 votes to his Liberal opponent, Innes Harold Stranger.
At the 1924 general election he was re-elected as Newbury's MP, which he remained until stepping down at the 1945 general election.
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