Lieutenant-Colonel Barwick Sharpe Browne (1881 - 27 August 1963) was a British Army officer, the first librarian of the Institute of Archaeology (1936–38), and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Barwick Sharpe Browne was born in 1881.[1] His father was Walter Raleigh Browne, a civil engineer. He was educated at Shrewsbury School (left 1898)[2] and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[3]
Browne was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant (1900) becoming a lieutenant in 1901.[2] He served throughout the First World War during which time he commanded a battery.[3]
After leaving the army, Browne lived in London. In 1922, he married Enid Marjorie Moore at St John the Evangelist parish church in Westminster.[4] Enid became a doctor and anaesthetist. They had two sons and a daughter. Their eldest son died in 1947 and Enid died in 1961.[3] Browne was the first librarian of the Institute of Archaeology (1936–38) and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[1]
The Brownes moved to Gloucestershire in 1938.[3]
During the Second World War, Browne served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.[3]
Browne died on 27 August 1963.[5]