Samuel Browne (MP for Rutland)

Samuel Browne was the son of John Brown of Stocken Hall, Stretton in the county of Rutland and a nephew of Samuel Browne (d. 1668).{{sfn|Henning|1983|p=735}} He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1650,{{acad|id=BRWN650S|name=Browne, Samuel}}{{sfn|Henning|1983|p=735}} and he succeeded his father c. 1639.{{harvnb|Henning|1983|p=735}} cites Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. lxxiii), 35-36; PCC 77 Vere.

He was appointed a militia commissioner by the Rump Parliament in 1659, and was M.P. for Rutland in the Convention Parliament of 1660, (his more famous and influential uncle was also a member of that parliament, member for the constituency of Bedfordshire).{{sfn|Henning|1983|p=735}}

He served as deputy lieutenant for Rutland from 1671 to 1682 and from 1690 until his death and was appointed Sheriff of Rutland for 1676–77.{{sfn|Helms|Cruickshanks|1983}}

He married Anne (the daughter of John Tighe of Calceby, Lincolnshire) before 1655. They had a son who died before him and four daughters who survived him.{{harvnb|Henning|1983|p=735}} cites VCH Rutland, i. 200-1, ii. 145-8; PCC 77 Vere.

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• {{Citation|first1=M. W. |last1=Helms |first2=Eveline |last2=Cruickshanks |year=1983 |editor-first=B.D. |editor-last=Henning |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/browne-%28brown%29-samuel-ii-1634-91 |chapter=Browne (Brown), Samuel II |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 |publisher=History of Parliament Online}}
• {{Citation|last=Henning |first=Basil Duke |year=1983 |title=The House of Commons, 1660-1690 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-19274-6 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=HW1_upECKUwC&pg=PA734 735]}}

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Category:English MPs 1660

Category:High sheriffs of Rutland

Category:Year of birth uncertain

Category:1630s births

Category:1691 deaths

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