Adam Brown

1620 - 1690  (70 years)

• Name	Adam Brown
  Birth	1620	Surry, England
  Gender	Male
  College	Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England
  Military	England
  Death	3 May 1690
  Burial	UNKNOWN	Dorking, , Surrey, England
  Notes	Christ's Collece Colonel of the horse, Royalists Army. bSir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet /bBrowns was the son of Sir Ambrose Brown 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Adam daughter of William Adam of Saffron Waldon..He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and although his father as MP for Surrey had supported the Parlismentary side, Browne supported the Royalist army in the Civil WAr. He was a colonel of the horse in the Royalist Army until 1646 snd took psrt in the Dutty uptidinh in 1648. In 1660 Browne was ineligible to stand in the Convention Parliament. However, he became a JP for Surrey in March 1660, a major in the regiment of Sir Ashley Cooper from July to November 1660 and a Deputy Lieutenant and commissioner for assessment in August 1660. In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey in the Cavalier Parliament and succeeded to the baronetcy in the same year. He held the seat until 1679. He was re-elected for Surrey in 1685 and held the seat until 1689. He was a staunch opponent of religious toleration and was temporarily deprived of local offices at the end of the reign of James 11. He died 3 Nov 1690 and was buried in Dorking. He married Philippa Cooper, daughter of Sir John cooper of Winbourn St Giles, Dorset. His son Ambrose Brown was MP for Bletchingley and predeceased him and the baronetcy became extinct.
  Person ID	I18940	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family	Philippa Ashley Cooper,   b. 1624, Wimbourne, Saint Giles, , Dorset, England d. 20 May 1701, Mitchall, Surry, England (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1658	Rockburn, Sham, Dorset, England
  Children	1. Ambrose Brown   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F08804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2011