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NameRev Henry Brown 
[33, Geo Brown's family], [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [3, His death aged 70, Q2 of 1875, Woolwich dist, vol 1d, p. 603], [4, 1871: RG10, piece 784, folio 64, p. 9]
[33, Geo Brown's family], [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [3, His death aged 70, Q2 of 1875, Woolwich dist, vol 1d, p. 603], [4, 1871: RG10, piece 784, folio 64, p. 9]Birth23 Nov 1804, Bloomsbury, Middlsex
Baptism16 Jan 1805, St George, Bloomsbury, London
Death2 May 1875, The Rectory, Woolwich, Kent
General8th s. Rector of Woolwich, Hon canon of Rochester.
EducationBalliol, Oxon: matric 1822, BA 1826, MA 1830.
FatherGeorge Brown (1758-1829)
MotherMargaret Balfour (1766-1854)
Spouses
1Maria Blomfield [4, 1841 Ref: HO107/0689/~F15 ], [4, 1871: RG10, piece 784, folio 64, p. 9], [19, Bucks FHS transcription of Dunton baptism register for 1814], [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"]
[4, 1841 Ref: HO107/0689/~F15 ], [4, 1871: RG10, piece 784, folio 64, p. 9], [19, Bucks FHS transcription of Dunton baptism register for 1814], [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"]FatherRt Rev Charles James Blomfield Bishop of London (ca1787-ca1857)
MotherAnna Maria Heath (ca1787-1818)
Marriage2 Nov 1843, All Saints church, Fulham, London [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [3, Their marriage, Q4 of 1843, Kensington dist, vol 3, p. 308], [70, Their marriage, Vol 21, 1844 pt 2]
ChildrenAlice Margaret (1845-)
Maria Georgina (1846-ca1878)
Constance Isabella (1848-ca1916)
Helen Mary (ca1849-1922)
Henry Blomfield (1851-1923)
Ada Dorothy (ca1852-ca1908)
Ethel Louisa (ca1854-ca1932)
Charles James (1859-)
Notes for Rev Henry Brown
March 2021, TFPL: Found his baptism on Ancestry, transcript by me:
[ Camden > St George, Bloomsbury > 1775-1812 ]
“Born 1804 Baptized
“. . . .
“Novr. 23 Henry Son of George Brown Esqr. & Margaret his wife . . . . Jany. 16”
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FreeBMD has but one HB who died in Q2 of 1875:
Woolwich dist, vol 1d, p. 603
I think I’ll take it.
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Apr, 2008, TFPL: This entry in Alumni Oxoniensis looks very much like him:
Brown, Henry, 3s. George of St George’s Bloomsbury, arm. Balliol Coll, matric. 12 Feb. 1822, aged 17; B.A. 1826, M.A. 1850, rector of Woolwich, 1851, vicar of Boreham, Essex 1845-51, died 2 May 1875.
The dates agree with his brother William’s records.
The interesting thing is the ‘arm’; I’m not sure where that came from; I would even be prepared to say that it was not quite true. Though later on his brother William got some Brown arms exemplified by Lyon in 1869 which were declared to apply to to the father George (by then long deceased) and all descendants of George.
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In 1829 a Henry Brown was the officiant at the wedding of Louisa Brown. Was this a case of a brother marrying his sister?
In 1834 he was the officiant at the wedding of his cousin Henrietta Brown to Anthony Chester at Shiplake, Oxon.
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In 1851 he and Maria already had 5 children:
Surname Forename Age Relation Occupation Birth Place
Brown Henry 46 Head Rector Of Woolwich St George, Middlesex
Brown Maria 37 Wife - Dunton, Buckingham
Brown Alice Margaret 6 Daur - St?, Middlesex
Brown Maria 5 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Constance I 3 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Helen Mary 1 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Henry Bloomfield 2M Son - Boreham, Essex
Smee Charlotte 21 Servant Nurse Gosfield, Essex
Shed Susan 18 Servant Nurserymaid Boreham, Essex
Saunders Daniel 19 Servant Footman Dedham, Essex
Pullen Priscilla 24 Servant Cook Hatfield Broadoak, Essex
Owers Mary 20 Servant House Maid Earles Colne, Essex
Ref: HO107/1589/~F291
Address: 49 Rectory Place
Parish: Woolwich
Registration District: Greenwich
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In the 1871 census, this was his household:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
BROWN, Henry Head M 66 1805 Middlesex
BROWN, Maria Wife F 57 1814 Buckinghamshire
BROWN, Alice M Daughter F 26 1845 Middlesex
BROWN, Constance J Daughter F 23 1848 Essex
BROWN, Helen M Daughter F 21 1850 Essex
BROWN, Ada Dor T Daughter F 18 1853 Kent
BROWN, Ethel Louisa Daughter F 16 1855 Kent
BROWN, Charles J Son M 12 1859 Kent
BROWN, Henry B Son M 20 1851 Essex
LOMAS, Jane Servant F 25 1846 Staffordshire
JENKYNS, Elizabeth Servant F 30 1841 Breconshire
LLOYD, Eliza Servant F 23 1848 Berkshire
ALWIN, Mary Ann Servant F 17 1854 Warwickshire
RG number: RG10 Piece: 784 Folio: 64 Page: 9
Registration District: Woolwich
Sub District: Woolwich Arsenal
EnumerationDistrict: 8
Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: St Mary
Municipal Borough:
Address: Rectory Place The Rectory, St Mary, Woolwich
County: London, Kent
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His career, on CCEd up to 1830 when it officially stops, has the problem that there were two Henry Browns. One has records to 1826-7 and the other has records for 1834 only. It is possible that they were the one person.
The following are to be found:
1. 24 Sep 1826: Ordained deacon by bishop of Salisbury
2. 25 Sep 1826: Stipendiary Curate of Seagry, Wilts
3. 13 Oct 1827: Ordained priest by bishop of Durham
4. 12 Apr 1834: MA at Oxon
5. 12 Apr 1834: Perpetual curate at Tandridge, Surrey
That he was a priest in 1827 would have allowed him to have married his sister Louisa in 1829. But the 1827 ordination is for a Henry Brown who had been at Queen’s, Oxford and Foster’s Alumni Oxoniensis clearly says he was admitted to Balliol, though people have changed colleges before now.
By the 1851 census he was clearly Rector of Woolwich.
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[ Camden > St George, Bloomsbury > 1775-1812 ]
“Born 1804 Baptized
“. . . .
“Novr. 23 Henry Son of George Brown Esqr. & Margaret his wife . . . . Jany. 16”
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FreeBMD has but one HB who died in Q2 of 1875:
Woolwich dist, vol 1d, p. 603
I think I’ll take it.
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Apr, 2008, TFPL: This entry in Alumni Oxoniensis looks very much like him:
Brown, Henry, 3s. George of St George’s Bloomsbury, arm. Balliol Coll, matric. 12 Feb. 1822, aged 17; B.A. 1826, M.A. 1850, rector of Woolwich, 1851, vicar of Boreham, Essex 1845-51, died 2 May 1875.
The dates agree with his brother William’s records.
The interesting thing is the ‘arm’; I’m not sure where that came from; I would even be prepared to say that it was not quite true. Though later on his brother William got some Brown arms exemplified by Lyon in 1869 which were declared to apply to to the father George (by then long deceased) and all descendants of George.
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In 1829 a Henry Brown was the officiant at the wedding of Louisa Brown. Was this a case of a brother marrying his sister?
In 1834 he was the officiant at the wedding of his cousin Henrietta Brown to Anthony Chester at Shiplake, Oxon.
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In 1851 he and Maria already had 5 children:
Surname Forename Age Relation Occupation Birth Place
Brown Henry 46 Head Rector Of Woolwich St George, Middlesex
Brown Maria 37 Wife - Dunton, Buckingham
Brown Alice Margaret 6 Daur - St?, Middlesex
Brown Maria 5 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Constance I 3 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Helen Mary 1 Daur - Boreham, Essex
Brown Henry Bloomfield 2M Son - Boreham, Essex
Smee Charlotte 21 Servant Nurse Gosfield, Essex
Shed Susan 18 Servant Nurserymaid Boreham, Essex
Saunders Daniel 19 Servant Footman Dedham, Essex
Pullen Priscilla 24 Servant Cook Hatfield Broadoak, Essex
Owers Mary 20 Servant House Maid Earles Colne, Essex
Ref: HO107/1589/~F291
Address: 49 Rectory Place
Parish: Woolwich
Registration District: Greenwich
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In the 1871 census, this was his household:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
BROWN, Henry Head M 66 1805 Middlesex
BROWN, Maria Wife F 57 1814 Buckinghamshire
BROWN, Alice M Daughter F 26 1845 Middlesex
BROWN, Constance J Daughter F 23 1848 Essex
BROWN, Helen M Daughter F 21 1850 Essex
BROWN, Ada Dor T Daughter F 18 1853 Kent
BROWN, Ethel Louisa Daughter F 16 1855 Kent
BROWN, Charles J Son M 12 1859 Kent
BROWN, Henry B Son M 20 1851 Essex
LOMAS, Jane Servant F 25 1846 Staffordshire
JENKYNS, Elizabeth Servant F 30 1841 Breconshire
LLOYD, Eliza Servant F 23 1848 Berkshire
ALWIN, Mary Ann Servant F 17 1854 Warwickshire
RG number: RG10 Piece: 784 Folio: 64 Page: 9
Registration District: Woolwich
Sub District: Woolwich Arsenal
EnumerationDistrict: 8
Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: St Mary
Municipal Borough:
Address: Rectory Place The Rectory, St Mary, Woolwich
County: London, Kent
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His career, on CCEd up to 1830 when it officially stops, has the problem that there were two Henry Browns. One has records to 1826-7 and the other has records for 1834 only. It is possible that they were the one person.
The following are to be found:
1. 24 Sep 1826: Ordained deacon by bishop of Salisbury
2. 25 Sep 1826: Stipendiary Curate of Seagry, Wilts
3. 13 Oct 1827: Ordained priest by bishop of Durham
4. 12 Apr 1834: MA at Oxon
5. 12 Apr 1834: Perpetual curate at Tandridge, Surrey
That he was a priest in 1827 would have allowed him to have married his sister Louisa in 1829. But the 1827 ordination is for a Henry Brown who had been at Queen’s, Oxford and Foster’s Alumni Oxoniensis clearly says he was admitted to Balliol, though people have changed colleges before now.
By the 1851 census he was clearly Rector of Woolwich.
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Will notes for Rev Henry Brown
His probate index:
BROWN The Reverend Henry
380
Effects under £10,000
24 May, The Will of the Reverend Henry Brown late of The Rectory Woolwich in the County of Kent Clerk who died 2 May 1875 at Woolwich was proved at the Principal Registry by George Brown of 32 Gloucester-square Hyde
Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Brother the surviving Executor.
His will has been ordered on 9th June and delivered on the 11th (miracle?)
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His will was dated 21 August 1857 and appointed his brother George and Thomas Sabbett Kent (or suchlike) as executors but the latter predeceased henry, leaving only George. Additionally he appointed Rev Frederick Blomfield as a third guardian for ‘his’ children.
He did not name his wife in his will but did provide for her by reference to ‘my dear wife’. No other realtions were mentioned.
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BROWN The Reverend Henry
380
Effects under £10,000
24 May, The Will of the Reverend Henry Brown late of The Rectory Woolwich in the County of Kent Clerk who died 2 May 1875 at Woolwich was proved at the Principal Registry by George Brown of 32 Gloucester-square Hyde
Park in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Brother the surviving Executor.
His will has been ordered on 9th June and delivered on the 11th (miracle?)
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His will was dated 21 August 1857 and appointed his brother George and Thomas Sabbett Kent (or suchlike) as executors but the latter predeceased henry, leaving only George. Additionally he appointed Rev Frederick Blomfield as a third guardian for ‘his’ children.
He did not name his wife in his will but did provide for her by reference to ‘my dear wife’. No other realtions were mentioned.
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Arms Generally notes for Rev Henry Brown
Henry Brown was an armiger by this grant, effectively to his father George, in 1869:
By Letters Patent on the 8th January 1869, from the Lyon King of Arms: copied and certified by Elizabeth Read, Lyon Clerk, from Volume 8, folio 24 of the Lyon Register.
"Excerpt of Letters patent from the Lord Lyon King of Arms in favour of William Brown of Horton Place, Esquire, dated the 8th day of January 1869.
"Whereas William Brown of Horton Place in the parish of Epsom and County of Surrey, formerly of Penshurst in the County of Kent, Esquire, hath by Petition of date the eighteenth day of November last Represented unto Us, that he is the eldest son of the late George Brown, Esquire, merchant in London by Margaret his wife eldest daughter of Henry Balfour of Pilrig in the County of Edinburgh, Esquire, Major in the First Royal Regiment of Foot, and of Jean his wife eldest daughter of William Elliot of Wolflee in the County of Roxburgh, Esquire, and grandson of John Brown, Merchant in Glasgow, all deceased, and hath prayed that We would Grant Our License and Authority to him and to his descendants and to the other descendants of his said father to bear and use such Ensigns Armorial as might be found suitable and according to the Laws of Arms: Know ye therefore that We have devised and do by these presents Assign, Ratify and Confirm to the said William Brown Esquire, and to his descendants and to the other descendants of his said father with such congruent differences as may hereafter be matriculated for them, the following Ensigns Armorial, as depicted upon the margin hereof, and Matriculated of even date with these presents in Our Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, vix: Azure, a Chevron checquy Argent and Sable between three Fleurs-de-lis of the second. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet befitting his Degree, with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of his Liveries is set for Crest, a Lion rampant Gules armed and Langued Azure holding in his dexter forepaw a Fleur-de-lis Argent, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Fortitudine et Fidleitate".
"Matriculated the Eighth day of January 1869.
"Extracted furth of the Public Register of All Arms
and Bearings in Scotland, Volume 8, folio 24,
this 9th day of December 2002."
Points to note in this extract from the Scottish Register:
First that he claims to be William Brown, when in England a Royal Licence had been signed a month previously to change his name to Trotter.
Second the English Royal Licence says that he was to quarter the Trotter arms with those of his family. But these Letters Patent make it clear that he had no arms of his family at that time - though there might have been a previous grant to him in England (something to check).
Third that this repeats that Wm's grandfather was Major Henry Balfour of Pilrig, whereas he was in fact a merchant of Leith, though born to Pilrig.
Fourth the Scottish Blazon of the crest makes it explicit that the Lion rampant is armed and langued Azure, while the English RL leaves this out, though such is commonly understood.
Fifth, these arms were to be held also by all other descendants of his father. This implies that they all inherited them from their father and that this was (effectively) a posthumous grant to his father.
Of course, Scots arms being what they are, henry would have to add some difference to the family arms, he being a younger brother.
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By Letters Patent on the 8th January 1869, from the Lyon King of Arms: copied and certified by Elizabeth Read, Lyon Clerk, from Volume 8, folio 24 of the Lyon Register.
"Excerpt of Letters patent from the Lord Lyon King of Arms in favour of William Brown of Horton Place, Esquire, dated the 8th day of January 1869.
"Whereas William Brown of Horton Place in the parish of Epsom and County of Surrey, formerly of Penshurst in the County of Kent, Esquire, hath by Petition of date the eighteenth day of November last Represented unto Us, that he is the eldest son of the late George Brown, Esquire, merchant in London by Margaret his wife eldest daughter of Henry Balfour of Pilrig in the County of Edinburgh, Esquire, Major in the First Royal Regiment of Foot, and of Jean his wife eldest daughter of William Elliot of Wolflee in the County of Roxburgh, Esquire, and grandson of John Brown, Merchant in Glasgow, all deceased, and hath prayed that We would Grant Our License and Authority to him and to his descendants and to the other descendants of his said father to bear and use such Ensigns Armorial as might be found suitable and according to the Laws of Arms: Know ye therefore that We have devised and do by these presents Assign, Ratify and Confirm to the said William Brown Esquire, and to his descendants and to the other descendants of his said father with such congruent differences as may hereafter be matriculated for them, the following Ensigns Armorial, as depicted upon the margin hereof, and Matriculated of even date with these presents in Our Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, vix: Azure, a Chevron checquy Argent and Sable between three Fleurs-de-lis of the second. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet befitting his Degree, with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of his Liveries is set for Crest, a Lion rampant Gules armed and Langued Azure holding in his dexter forepaw a Fleur-de-lis Argent, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Fortitudine et Fidleitate".
"Matriculated the Eighth day of January 1869.
"Extracted furth of the Public Register of All Arms
and Bearings in Scotland, Volume 8, folio 24,
this 9th day of December 2002."
Points to note in this extract from the Scottish Register:
First that he claims to be William Brown, when in England a Royal Licence had been signed a month previously to change his name to Trotter.
Second the English Royal Licence says that he was to quarter the Trotter arms with those of his family. But these Letters Patent make it clear that he had no arms of his family at that time - though there might have been a previous grant to him in England (something to check).
Third that this repeats that Wm's grandfather was Major Henry Balfour of Pilrig, whereas he was in fact a merchant of Leith, though born to Pilrig.
Fourth the Scottish Blazon of the crest makes it explicit that the Lion rampant is armed and langued Azure, while the English RL leaves this out, though such is commonly understood.
Fifth, these arms were to be held also by all other descendants of his father. This implies that they all inherited them from their father and that this was (effectively) a posthumous grant to his father.
Of course, Scots arms being what they are, henry would have to add some difference to the family arms, he being a younger brother.
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Notes for Henry & Maria (Family)
Their marriage:
Name Maria Blomfield
District Kensington, Middlesex
Spouse Henry Brown
Page 0208
Volume 3
Registered October - December 1843
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The Vlieland family researchers have obtained these details of the marriage:
> THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. Vol 21 MDCCCXLIV
> January to June (1844) 1843 - Nov 2: At Fulham, the Rev. Henry Brown,
> M.A., Incumbent of St. James's, Curtain-road, to Maria, eldest dau. of
> the Lord Bishop of London.
>
> The Ecclesiastical Gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the
> Church of England – From July 1842 to June 1843 MARRIAGES: Rev. Henry
> Brown, Perpetual Curate of St. James's, Curtain road, Shoreditch,
> London, to Maria, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. and Right Rev. the
> Lord Bishop of London. (no date shown) - these first two are on
> Google Books
>
> Saturday 11 November 1843 Yorkshire Gazette (also syndicated) - On
> Thursday, the 2nd inst. .....at the parish church of All Saints,
> Fulham, by the Rev. R. G. Baker, the Rev. Henry Brown, M.A., of
> Balliol College, Oxford, and Incumbent of St. James's, Curtain-road,
> to Maria, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. and Rev. the Lord Bishop
> of London.
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Name Maria Blomfield
District Kensington, Middlesex
Spouse Henry Brown
Page 0208
Volume 3
Registered October - December 1843
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The Vlieland family researchers have obtained these details of the marriage:
> THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. Vol 21 MDCCCXLIV
> January to June (1844) 1843 - Nov 2: At Fulham, the Rev. Henry Brown,
> M.A., Incumbent of St. James's, Curtain-road, to Maria, eldest dau. of
> the Lord Bishop of London.
>
> The Ecclesiastical Gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the
> Church of England – From July 1842 to June 1843 MARRIAGES: Rev. Henry
> Brown, Perpetual Curate of St. James's, Curtain road, Shoreditch,
> London, to Maria, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. and Right Rev. the
> Lord Bishop of London. (no date shown) - these first two are on
> Google Books
>
> Saturday 11 November 1843 Yorkshire Gazette (also syndicated) - On
> Thursday, the 2nd inst. .....at the parish church of All Saints,
> Fulham, by the Rev. R. G. Baker, the Rev. Henry Brown, M.A., of
> Balliol College, Oxford, and Incumbent of St. James's, Curtain-road,
> to Maria, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. and Rev. the Lord Bishop
> of London.
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