BROWNE, Francis John (1754-1833), of Frampton, nr. Dorchester, Dorset

Browne was returned for Dorset without a contest, and in William Adam’s list is classed ‘doubtful’. He voted for parliamentary reform, 18 Apr. 1785; against Richmond’s fortifications plan, 27 Feb. 1786, but with Pitt over the Regency. No speech by him before 1790 is recorded.

He died 20 or 29 Mar. 1833.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 298; Gent. Mag. 1833, i. 46