Harold Gore Browne

Colonel Harold Gore Brown (18 September 1856 - 4 January 1938)[1] commanded the First Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Boer War of 1899–1900, and took part in the Relief of Ladysmith.[2]

He was a member of the King's Bodyguard from 1905 until 1928 as one of H.M. Honourable Corp of Gentlemen-at-Arms.[3][4][5] Gore Brown was the Honorary Secretary of the Fair Trade League.[6]

Family

Harold was the son of Thomas Gore Browne, brother to Ethel Locke King and Wilfrid Gore Browne. He was married to Lady Muriel Murray, daughter of Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore. His brother Francis's son, Stewart Gore Browne of Shiwa Ngandu was Harold's nephew.[7]

He died at his sister's home on 4 January 1938 at the age of 81 with his funeral held at Weybridge.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Death record of Harold Gore Brown". Findmypast. Retrieved 13 August 2015. – via Findmypast (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hare 2013, p. 18.
  3. ^ "No. 27792". The London Gazette. 12 May 1905. p. 3424.
  4. ^ "The King's Bodyguard". Western Daily Press. Vol. 140, no. 23493. Bristol. 2 May 1928. p. 12 col F. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "Deaths". The Times. No. 47885. p. 1.
  6. ^ "The National Fair Trade League". Morning Post. No. 34104. London. 15 October 1881. p. 3 col F. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Lamb 2014, p. 26.

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