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.
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.