William Alexander Francis Balfour Browne

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Census Listings:
1881 88 Claverton Street, Hanover Square, Westminster. son. age 5. Scholar. (L 61)
1891 10 Bramham Gardens, Kensington, son. age 16. Scholar. (L 62)

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Census Listings:
1851 Physicianohouse Chichloss Instution, Dumfries. son. age 5.
1861 16 Irish Street, ninth house. Dumfries, son. age 15,
1871 West York County Lunatic Asylum, Stanly cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire. Brother age 25. Barrister at Law. (L 53)
1881 88 Claverton Street, Hanover Square, Westminster. Head (mar) age 35, Barrister at Law to The Railway Commision. (L 61)
1891 10 Bramham Gardens, Kensington, Head (mar). age 45, Barrister to Queens Council, & J.P. (L 62)
1901 106 Cromwell Road, Kensington, Head (mar). age 55. K C Solicitor. (L 63)
1911 28 Eaton Square, Belgrave, London. Head (mar). age 65, K C Barrister. (L 64)

John married Caroline Emma Lush on 14 Mar 1874 in St Paul ,Hampstead, London.. Caroline was born in 1848 in Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Carolines Father was Sir Robert Lush.
Census Listings:
1881 88 Claverton Street, Hanover Square, Westminster. wife. age 32. (L 61)
1891 10 Bramham Gardens, Kensington, wife, age 42. (L 62)
1901 106 Cromwell Road, Kensington. wife. age 52. (L 63)
1911 28 Eaton Square, Belgrave, London. wife, age 62. (L 64)

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Married:
Marriage 14th March 1824, St Pauls Church, Hampstead. Middlesex.
John Hutton Balfour Browne, full age , Bachelor & Barrister at Law, of 88 Claverton Street.
Caroline Emma Lush, full age, Spinster of 60 Avenue Road.
were married by banns by C J Vaughn , Master of the Temple.
in the presence of Paul Lush, Henry Bennet & Elizabeth A Lush.
Grooms Father William Alexander Francis Browne, M.D.
Brides Father: Sir Robert Lush, one of her majestys Judges.
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Other Events:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1805, Saint Ninians, Sterling, Scotland

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After his father died in 1805 William was brought up by his maternal grandparents on their farm and attended Stirling High School and Ediburgh University. In 1826/7 he gave warnings to Charles Darwin, then aged 17, of the forthcoming controversies between Science and Christian Beliefs. As a medical student he was a Radical and an athiest, welcoming the changes in revolutionery France and supporting democratic reform of the Church, Monachy and the Aristocracy.
William A.F. Brown was one of the most significant asylum doctors of the nineteenth century at Montrose Asylum (1834-1838) in Angus, and later at Critchton Royal in Dumfries (1838-1857). He introduced activities for patients including writing, art group activity and drama. In 1857 he was appionted Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland and in 1866 he was elected President of the Medico-Psycholgical Association.

Census Listings:
1841 Brownhall, Dumfries, Scotland. age 35. Physician.
1851 Critchton Royal Institute for Lunatics. age 41. Resident Physician Officer.
1851 Physicianohouse Chichloss Instution, Dumfries. age 44. Physician in Asylum. (seems to be listed twice on census)

William married Magdaline Howden Balfour on 14 Jun 1834 in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. Magdaline was born on 18 Dec 1809 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 14 Jan 1882 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1810, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Census Listings:
1841 Brownhall, Dumfries, Scotland. age 30,
1851 Physicianohouse Chichloss Instution, Dumfries. age 43. Physicians wife.
1861 16 Irish Street, ninth house. Dumfries. Head (mar). age 52. Commisioners Wife.

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Died:
William died in a troopship disaster (the Aurora on the Goodwin Sands)
he Aurora was a Transport (sailing) ship, she ran aground 16th December 1805 with the loss of all on board 250 men.

William married Jessie Watt on 27 Mar 1804 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Jessie was born about 1780 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]