James Critchton Browne

1840 - 1938  (97 years)

• Name	James Critchton Browne
  Born	29 Nov 1840	Edinburgh. Scotland.   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 1938	Dumfries, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I27450	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	William Alexander Francis Browne,   b. 1805, Stirling, Scotland ,   d. 2 Mar 1885, Scotland  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Magdaline Howden Balfour,   b. 18 Dec 1809, Edinburgh, Scotland ,   d. 14 Jan 1882, Edinburgh, Scotland  (Age 72 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1834	St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F7198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Halliday,   b. 1842, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
  Married	11 Sep 1865	St Philip, Liverpool, Lancashire,   [4]
  Children	1. Harold William Alexander Francis Crichton-Browne,   b. 10 Sep 1866, Gateshead, England ,   d. 1 Oct 1937, 31 Queensgate, Kensington, London, England [age 71]  (Age 71 years)   2. Florence Irene Emily Browne,   b. 1868, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F7197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Critchton Browne, M.D. LRGSEP. L.S.A. James was a leading British psychiatrist and medical psychologist. He is famouse for studies on the relationship of mental illness to brain injury, and for the development of Public Health polices in relation to mental health. and was involved with the following institutions; Royal Medical Society; West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum (1866 - 1875); Court of Chancery; Medico-Psychological Association; Royal Instiution; Royal Society. He was one of Charles Darwins most significent correspondents and collaborators. Census Listings: 1841 Brownhall, Dumfries, Scotland. age 6 months. 1851 Physicianohouse Chichloss Instution, Dumfries. son. age 10. 1871 West York County Lunatic Asylum, Stanly cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire. Head (mar). age 30. Medical Director, West Riding Asylum (L 53) 1881 7 Cumberland Terrace, Marylebone, London. Head (mar). age 40. Lord Chancellors visitor in Lunacy. M.D. Edinburgh University. (civil servant) (L 54) 1891 7 Cumberland Terrace, Marylebone, London. Head (mar) . age 50. Physician Lord Chancellors Office. (L 56) 1901 61 Carlisle Mews, Westminster, London. Head (mar). age 60. Physician Surgery. (L 55)

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] 1871 Census, 1871 Census. [S823] Wikipedia, Wikipedia. [S580] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.co.uk. [S656] Lancashire BMD, Lancashire BMD.