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324:Browne was born on 3 July 1807 in
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402:. In 1849, he exchanged into the
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263:, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
21:Thomas Browne (disambiguation)
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762:"Browne, Thomas Gore"
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421:In 1851, Browne married
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68:Governor of Saint Helena
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890:Edward Hay Drummond Hay
615:Amos, Helen M. (1969).
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