Catalogue description Records of William Brown (1784-1864) and Sir William Richmond Brown (b. 1840)

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Details of 920 BRO
Reference: 920 BRO
Title: Records of William Brown (1784-1864) and Sir William Richmond Brown (b. 1840)
Date: 1852 - 1873
Held by: Liverpool Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 12 docs.
Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Mrs. Annie E. Jones, Caernarvon, 9.10.1945.

Custodial history:

Old no.: Ef 386

Administrative / biographical background:

William Brown (1784 - 1864) of Richmond Hill, Liverpool, was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. He emigrated to America with his father as a child, but returned to England in 1810 and subsequently established the firm of Brown, Shipley & Co. He was M.P. for south Lancashire, 1846 - 1859, and presented to Liverpool the Free Public Library and Museum, opened in 1860. He was created a baronet in 1863.

 

Sir William Richmond Brown (b.1840) son of Alexander Brown, succeeded his grandfather to the baronetcy in 1864.

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