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NameGeorge (2) Brown 
[33, Geo Brown's family], [3, His death aged 74, Q2 of 1876, Kensington dis, vol 1a, p. 38]
[33, Geo Brown's family], [3, His death aged 74, Q2 of 1876, Kensington dis, vol 1a, p. 38]Birth5 Mar 1802, St George Bloomsbury parish, London
Baptism22 Apr 1802, St George Bloomsbury parish church, Middlesex
Death11 Apr 1876, 32 Gloucester-square, Paddington, Middlesex
Burial(MI at Christ Church, Epsom)
General7th s. At marriage in 1858: merchant in Calcutta. dsp.
FatherGeorge Brown (1758-1829)
MotherMargaret Balfour (1766-1854)
Spouses
Marriage2 Oct 1858, St Paul Cathedral, Calcutta, Bengal, India [19, Bengal India marr, 2 oct 1858, St Paul, Calcutta]
No Children
Notes for George (2) Brown
He was the second George Brown of this family, the first having died inf. in Scotland.
His baptism transcript by me from an image of the parish register:
[ Camden > St George, Bloomsbury > 1775-1812
“Born 1802 Baptized
“. . . .
“1802
“March 5 George son of George Brown Esq and Margaret his wife April 22”
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His very probable marriage from FamilySearch:
Name George Brown
Spouse's Name Hannah Thomas
Event Date 02 Oct 1858
Event Place Calcutta, Bengal, India
Father's Name George Brown
Spouse's Father's Name John Thomas
This is confirmed by the transcript version of the Marriage register for St Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta, obtainable from FindMyPast.
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There is evidence in pages 92 & 93 of ‘Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar’ by Helen James that George Brown was involved by Jardine Maththeson in the opium trade. Correspondence has survived from Jardines to both George Brown and to Thomas Coutts Trotter (of the Bengal Civil Service; opium agent, Behar).
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Apparently no children. None in his will anyhow.
His baptism transcript by me from an image of the parish register:
[ Camden > St George, Bloomsbury > 1775-1812
“Born 1802 Baptized
“. . . .
“1802
“March 5 George son of George Brown Esq and Margaret his wife April 22”
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His very probable marriage from FamilySearch:
Name George Brown
Spouse's Name Hannah Thomas
Event Date 02 Oct 1858
Event Place Calcutta, Bengal, India
Father's Name George Brown
Spouse's Father's Name John Thomas
This is confirmed by the transcript version of the Marriage register for St Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta, obtainable from FindMyPast.
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There is evidence in pages 92 & 93 of ‘Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar’ by Helen James that George Brown was involved by Jardine Maththeson in the opium trade. Correspondence has survived from Jardines to both George Brown and to Thomas Coutts Trotter (of the Bengal Civil Service; opium agent, Behar).
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Apparently no children. None in his will anyhow.
Will notes for George (2) Brown
His probate index:
1876
BROWN George Esq.
Effects under £60,000
365
Resworn Under £80,000
2 May
The Will with two codicils of George Brown late of 32 Gloucester-square Paddington in the County of Middlesex Esquire who died 11 April 1876 at 32 Gloucester-square was proved at the Principal Registry by William Trotter of Horton Manor Epsom in the County of Surrey the Brother Claud Hamilton Hamilton of Preston Hall Dalkeith in North Britain and John Phillips Thomas of Wooton in the County of bedford Esquires the Executors.
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Roger Margan has extracted these nuggets from his will:
In Clause 7, George leaves £500 to his brother in law Sir Edmund Haythorne – the
husband of his wife’s sister Eliza.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Haythorne,_Edmund_(DNB00) tells us that Sir
Edmund was adjutant-general in Bengal from 1860 to 1865 and the wedding was in
1862. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGNC-B9J confirmed my suspicion
that the wedding was in Calcutta. The transcription shows that the bride’s
father was Robert Thomas whereas it should be “John”. The original image is not
available but so many other things stack up that I am assuming that this is a
mistake by the transcriber. What were all these Thomases doing in Calcutta?
The couple returned to England – presumably not long after Edmund’s term as
adjutant-general ended in 1865. The 1971 census – see
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFS-Y2V - finds them in Bletsoe (which
is where Eliza’s father lived – see
http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/...tsoe/JohnThomas.aspx
- lived.
Clause 7 also left £300 to George’s Godson “George Brown Studd”. He was the
second child of his sister in law Dorothy Sophia Thomas who had married Edward
Studd (1819-77). Edward had been born in India and was a wealthy indigo farmer -
http://www.thepeerage.com/p58746.htm#i587453
<http://www.thepeerage.com/p58746.htm%23i587453>; . Edward’s first marriage – in
Calcutta https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGN9-YRJ – was to Henrietta
Margaret Hudson in 1846. They had four children. I am assuming she died. Dorothy
Sophia was his second wife – to whom he got married in Bedfordshire in 1856.
George Brown Studd (pretty obviously named after his Godfather!) was the second
of their seven children – the first of which was the fairly illustrious Sir John
Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Bt.
GB Studd would appear to have emigrated to the USA.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4M-14C Shows he married Mabel Lucy
Preston there in 1911, and that is where their two children were born.
May 2021, TFPL: I wonder if this George Studd was related to the Alnod Ernes Studd who married his Rose Beatrice Maclean niece.
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1876
BROWN George Esq.
Effects under £60,000
365
Resworn Under £80,000
2 May
The Will with two codicils of George Brown late of 32 Gloucester-square Paddington in the County of Middlesex Esquire who died 11 April 1876 at 32 Gloucester-square was proved at the Principal Registry by William Trotter of Horton Manor Epsom in the County of Surrey the Brother Claud Hamilton Hamilton of Preston Hall Dalkeith in North Britain and John Phillips Thomas of Wooton in the County of bedford Esquires the Executors.
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Roger Margan has extracted these nuggets from his will:
In Clause 7, George leaves £500 to his brother in law Sir Edmund Haythorne – the
husband of his wife’s sister Eliza.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Haythorne,_Edmund_(DNB00) tells us that Sir
Edmund was adjutant-general in Bengal from 1860 to 1865 and the wedding was in
1862. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGNC-B9J confirmed my suspicion
that the wedding was in Calcutta. The transcription shows that the bride’s
father was Robert Thomas whereas it should be “John”. The original image is not
available but so many other things stack up that I am assuming that this is a
mistake by the transcriber. What were all these Thomases doing in Calcutta?
The couple returned to England – presumably not long after Edmund’s term as
adjutant-general ended in 1865. The 1971 census – see
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFS-Y2V - finds them in Bletsoe (which
is where Eliza’s father lived – see
http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/...tsoe/JohnThomas.aspx
- lived.
Clause 7 also left £300 to George’s Godson “George Brown Studd”. He was the
second child of his sister in law Dorothy Sophia Thomas who had married Edward
Studd (1819-77). Edward had been born in India and was a wealthy indigo farmer -
http://www.thepeerage.com/p58746.htm#i587453
<http://www.thepeerage.com/p58746.htm%23i587453>; . Edward’s first marriage – in
Calcutta https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGN9-YRJ – was to Henrietta
Margaret Hudson in 1846. They had four children. I am assuming she died. Dorothy
Sophia was his second wife – to whom he got married in Bedfordshire in 1856.
George Brown Studd (pretty obviously named after his Godfather!) was the second
of their seven children – the first of which was the fairly illustrious Sir John
Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Bt.
GB Studd would appear to have emigrated to the USA.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4M-14C Shows he married Mabel Lucy
Preston there in 1911, and that is where their two children were born.
May 2021, TFPL: I wonder if this George Studd was related to the Alnod Ernes Studd who married his Rose Beatrice Maclean niece.
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Notes for George (2) & Hannah (Family)
Their marriage:
First name(s) George
Last name Brown
Marriage year 1858
Marriage date 2 Oct 1858
Spouse's first name Hannah
Spouse's last name Thomas
Place Calcutta St Paul
Presidency Bengal
Groom's father's first name George
Groom's father's last name Brown
Bride's father's first name John
Bride's father's last name Thomas
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948
Archive reference N-1-94
Folio number 246
Entry number -
Record set British India Office marriages
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First name(s) George
Last name Brown
Marriage year 1858
Marriage date 2 Oct 1858
Spouse's first name Hannah
Spouse's last name Thomas
Place Calcutta St Paul
Presidency Bengal
Groom's father's first name George
Groom's father's last name Brown
Bride's father's first name John
Bride's father's last name Thomas
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948
Archive reference N-1-94
Folio number 246
Entry number -
Record set British India Office marriages
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