Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster

Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet (died 5 October 1760)^[1] was a British politician and merchant.

He was the son of William Brown and Grisel Brice and for some time a merchant and King George II's resident in Venice.^[2] On 11 March 1731, he was made a baronet, of the City and Liberty of Westminster,^[3] with a special remainder failing own issue male, to his two brothers James and Edward, and their heirs male.^[4]

From 1734 to 1747, Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilchester.^[5] In 1741, he was appointed Paymaster of His Majesty's works.^[6] Brown married Margaret Cecil, sister of Charles Cecil, Bishop of Bristol and then Bangor.^[7] They had two daughters^[4] and so he was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his nephew James O'Hara.^[1] Brown was buried in Audley Street Chapel in London, five days after his death.^[6]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 2 April 2009.
2. Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke, ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 86.
3. The London Gazette: no. 7069. p. 1. 26 February 1731. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
4. Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 434–435.
5. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Ilchester". Retrieved 24 March 2009.
6. "thePeerage - Sir Robert Brown, 1st Bt". Retrieved 21 February 2007.
7. Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson, ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 104–105.