Colonel Robert Francis Melville BROWNE

Robert Francis Melville BROWNE

- 23rd Nov 18602,3,4,5

Life History

3rd Jun 1786	Baptised in Gloucester, St Nicholas.1 Father - Gre Browne Mother - Janetta
6th Dec 1817	Licence obtained for marriage to Mary BECKWITH in Winchester.6 From the Registry of the Bishop of Winchester :- "Browne, Robert-Francis-Melville, of All Saints, Southampton, and the 26th Reg. of Foot, major, 29, b., & Mary Beckwith, of the s.p., 20, with c. of her f., John Beckwith, assistant commissary general of accounts, Nova Scotia, now of the Southampton, Esq., at A.S., 6 Dec., 1817"
10th Dec 1817	Married Mary BECKWITH in Southampton, All Saints.9,10
10th Sep 1838	Death of Mary BECKWITH in Weymouth.7,8
11th Sep 1841	Married Hannah Eliza NICHOLETTS in Weymouth, Melcombe Regis.11,12,13,14 From :- The Satirist; or, the Censor of the Times :- Gentleman's Magazine :- "On the 11th inst., at Weymouth, Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Melville Browne, late of the 8th, or King's Regiment, only son of General Gore Browne, to Hannah Eliza, only daughter of the late Captain Nicholetts, eldest son of Gilbert Nicholetts, Esq., of Bromptree-house, Herefordshire" Information from the Parish Register :- By Licence Groom - Robert Francis Melville Browne, of age, widower, Lt- Colonel, Melchombe Regis Bride - Hannah Eliza Nicholetts, of age, spinster, Melchombe Regis Father of the groom - Gore Browne, General Father of the bride - Gilbert Nicholetts Witnesses :- H Nicholetts Margaret Nicholetts 2 illegible
23rd Nov 1860	Died in Guildford.2,3,4,5 From :- The Morning Post :- The Standard :- "On the 23d ult., at Guilford, Colonel Melville Browne, one of the oldest surviving Peninsular officers, and only son of General Gore Browne"
12th Nov 1895	Probate in London.5 of the estate of Robert Francis Melville Browne of Guildford Administration (with will) to Harold Gore Melville Browne, esquire Effects - GBP 51 17s. 9d.

Sources

1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Robert Francis Melville Browne - 1784
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
2. BMD Death Index - BROWNE - Robert Francis Melville Browne
- 1860, Q4, Robert Francis Melville Browne, Guildford, 2a, 33
3. Morning Post - Deaths - Robert Francis Melville Browne - 1860
- Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, December 02, 2860; pg. 8; Issue 27132
4. Standard - Deaths - Robert Francis Melville Browne - 1860
- The Standard (London, England), Saturday, December 01, 1860; pg. 7; Issue 11328
5. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1895 - BROWNE - Robert Francis Melville Browne
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
6. Hampshire, England, Allegations for Marriage Licences, 1689-1837 - BORWNE & Beckwith - 1817
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
7. Sherborne Mercury - Deaths - Mary Browne - was Beckwith - 1838
- Sherborne Mercury, Monday, 17 September 1838
8. BMD Death Index - BROWNE - Mary
- 1838, Q3, Mary Browne, Weymouth, 8, 89
9. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 - Browne & Beckwith - 1817
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
10. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 - Browne & Beckwith - 1817
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
11. Satirist; or, the Censor of the Times - Marriages - Browne & Nicholetts - 1841
- Satirist; or, the Censor of the Times (London, England), Sunday, September 19, 1841; pg. 304; Issue 492
12. BMD Marriage Index - Robert Francis Melville Brown
- 1841, Q3, Robert Francis Melville Browne, Weymouth, 8, 170
13. Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 - Browne & Nicholetts - 1841
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
14. Gentleman's Magazine - Marriages - Browne & Nicholetts - 1841
- Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 170