Commons 1790-1820

b. 23 Mar. 1769, 4th s. of Charles Bruce, 9th Earl of Kincardine [S] and 5th Earl of Elgin [S], by Martha, da. and h. of Thomas White, banker, of London. educ. Westminster 1778; Christ Church, Oxf. 1786-90; L. Inn 1790. unm.

b. ?1745, 1st s. of one Bruce of Grangehill. educ. Edinburgh Univ. 1764, MA 1778, professor of logic 1778-92. unm. Served heir to his bro. Lt.-Col. Robert Bruce, Bengal artillery, 1797.

b. 28 May 1787, 1st s. of Dominick Geoffrey Browne of Castle Macgarrett by Margaret, da. and h. of Hon. George Browne, MP [I], 3rd s. of John, 1st Earl of Altamont [I]. educ. Eton 1802-5; ?Edinburgh Univ. 1805-6; St. John’s, Camb. 1806. m. 5 May 1811, Anne Isabella, da. and coh. of Henry Monck, MP [I], of Fowre, co. Westmeath, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1826; cr. Baron Oranmore and Browne [I] 4 May 1836.

b. 4 Oct. 1754, 2nd but o. surv. s.He was the only child to reach maturity. See Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 298; Gent. Mag. (1833), i. 465. of George Browne of Frampton by w. Mary née Kingsbury. m. 11 Aug. 1796,There is a reference in Gent. Mag. (1791), i. 279 to a marriage between ‘F.T. Browne esq. MP for the county of Dorset and Miss Baring, o. da. of John Baring, esq. MP for Exeter’ (25 (Mar.). It probably came from the Morning Chron., which promised the marriage on 25 Mar. and, on 28 Mar., reported it as having taken place on 25 Mar. at St. George’s, Hanover Square, but it was ‘an idle electioneering report, circulated after the decision of the Exeter election committee’ (Gent. Mag. i. 379). Frances, da. of Rev. John Richards of Long Bredy, s.p. suc. fa. 1777.

b. 7 Dec. 1745, o.s. of Isaac Hawkins Browne of Gt. Russell Street, Bloomsbury, Mdx. by Jane, da. and coh. of Ven. David Trimnell, archdeacon of Leicester. educ. Westminster; Hertford, Oxf. 1763, MA 1767, DCL 1773; Grand Tour 1775. m. (1) 12 May 1788, Henrietta (d. 11 Apr. 1802), da. of Hon. Edward Hay, gov. Barbados, 4th s. of George, 8th Earl of Kinnoull [S], s.p.; (2) 13 Dec. 1805, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Boddington, W.I. merchant, of Clapton, Mdx., s.p. suc. fa. 1760.