Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster explained

Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet (died 5 October 1760)^[1] was a British politician and merchant.

He was the son of William Brown and Grisel Brice and for some time a merchant and King George II's resident in Venice.^[2] On 11 March 1731, he was made a baronet, of the City and Liberty of Westminster, with a special remainder failing own issue male, to his two brothers James and Edward, and their heirs male.^[3]

From 1734 to 1747, Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilchester.^[4] In 1741, he was appointed Paymaster of His Majesty's works. Brown married Margaret Cecil, sister of Charles Cecil, Bishop of Bristol and then Bangor.^[5] They had two daughters^[3] and so he was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his nephew James O'Hara.^[1] Brown was buried in Audley Street Chapel in London, five days after his death.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224809/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB5.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 2 April 2009 .
2. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 86 .
3. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . fifth . Debrett's Baronetage of England . I . 1824 . London . 434–435 .
4. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Ilchester . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231414/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Icommons.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 24 March 2009 .
5. Book: Kimber, Edward . Edward Kimber

   . Edward Kimber . Thomas Wotton . Richard Johnson . The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets . III . 1771 . London . 104–105 .

6. Web site: thePeerage – Sir Robert Brown, 1st Bt . 21 February 2007.