George Stayley Brown Explained

George Stayley Brown
Birth Date:20 November 1827
Birth Place:Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Office:MLA for Yarmouth township
Term Start:1863
Term End:1866
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Elizabeth Bond

George Stayley Brown (November 20, 1827  - September 12, 1915) was a ship owner, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1863 to 1866 as a Reformer.

Biography

He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Stayley Brown, a member of the Legislative Council, and Charlotte Letitia Fletcher. In 1856, he married Elizabeth Bond. Brown was a director and president of the Acadian Marine Insurance Company. He served as a justice of the peace and as a member of the Central Board of Agriculture. Brown was consul for Spain in Yarmouth in 1869. He moved to Boston around 1875. He published Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : a sequel to Campbell's history in 1888. He died in Boston at the age of 87.

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