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{{Infobox military person
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| unit          = [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]]<br>[[101st Regiment of Foot]]<br>Indian Staff Corps
| unit          = [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]]<br>[[101st Regiment of Foot]]<br>Indian Staff Corps
| battles      = [[Indian Mutiny]]<br>[[Umbeyla Campaign]]
| battles      = [[Indian Mutiny]]<br>[[Umbeyla Campaign]]
| awards        = [[File:Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon.png|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
| awards        = [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
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==Details==
==Details==
Brown was born on 7 August 1837 in [[Bhagalpur]], [[India]], the son of [[George Francis Brown]] of the Bengal Civil Service.<ref name="RMF">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|title=Royal Munster Fusiliers|accessdate=8 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year|year=1896|publisher=Longmans, Green|page=217}}</ref> He was educated at Grosvenor College, [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], and from 1852 to 1854 by a private tutor, Brisco Morland Gane, late [[curate]] of [[Honiton]].{{cn|date=April 2015}}
Brown was born on 7 August 1837 in [[Bhagalpur]], [[India]], the son of [[George Francis Brown]] of the Bengal Civil Service.<ref name="RMF">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|title=Royal Munster Fusiliers|accessdate=8 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054942/http://www.royalmunsterfusiliers.org/e6brown.htm|archivedate=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year|year=1896|publisher=Longmans, Green|page=217}}</ref> He was educated at Grosvenor College, [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], and from 1852 to 1854 by a private tutor, Brisco Morland Gane, late [[curate]] of [[Honiton]].{{cn|date=April 2022}}


He was 20 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]] (later [[The Royal Munster Fusiliers]]) during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed, on 16 November 1857 at [[Narnoul]], [[India]], for which Brown was awarded the Victoria Cross:<blockquote>''For great gallantry at [[Narnoul]], on the 16th November, 1857, in having, at the imminent risk of his own life, rushed to the assistance of a wounded soldier of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, whom he carried off, under a very heavy fire from the enemy, whose cavalry were within forty or fifty yards of him at the time.''<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22357|page=557|date=17 February 1860}}</ref></blockquote>
He was 20 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[1st European Bengal Fusiliers]] (later [[The Royal Munster Fusiliers]]) during the [[Indian Mutiny]] when the following deed, on 16 November 1857 at [[Narnoul]], [[India]], for which Brown was awarded the Victoria Cross:<blockquote>''For great gallantry at [[Narnoul]], on the 16th November, 1857, in having, at the imminent risk of his own life, rushed to the assistance of a wounded soldier of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, whom he carried off, under a very heavy fire from the enemy, whose cavalry were within forty or fifty yards of him at the time.''<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22357|page=557|date=17 February 1860}}</ref></blockquote>


He was again promoted, this time to [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] 23 August 1864. He returned to the army as [[major]] on 7 December 1875. He was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] 8 December 1881. He was Presented to [[Queen Victoria]] at a [[Levee (event)|Levee]] at [[St James's Palace]] on 24 April 1860. He later {{When|date=April 2015}} achieved the rank of [[colonel]].{{cn|date=April 2015}}
He was again promoted, this time to [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] 23 August 1864. He returned to the army as [[major]] on 7 December 1875. He was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] 8 December 1881. He was Presented to [[Queen Victoria]] at a [[Levee (event)|Levee]] at [[St James's Palace]] on 24 April 1860. He later {{When|date=April 2022}} achieved the rank of [[colonel]].{{cn|date=April 2022}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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*[[Claude Russell-Brown]] (11 April 1873 – 19 January 1939). Claude was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant, [[Royal Engineers]], 22 July 1892. He was made a lieutenant 22 July 1895. Claude moved to [[Canada]] and was better known as a noted amateur tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the 1908 [[Summer Olympics]] and competed at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1904.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/charles-brown-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/charles-brown-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Charles Brown Olympic Results |accessdate=7 October 2020 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
*[[Claude Russell-Brown]] (11 April 1873 – 19 January 1939). Claude was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant, [[Royal Engineers]], 22 July 1892. He was made a lieutenant 22 July 1895. Claude moved to [[Canada]] and was better known as a noted amateur tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the 1908 [[Summer Olympics]] and competed at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1904.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/charles-brown-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/charles-brown-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Charles Brown Olympic Results |accessdate=7 October 2020 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>


Brown remarried,{{When|date=April 2015}} to Jessie Doris Childs, after the death of his first wife.{{When|date=April 2015}}
Brown remarried,{{When|date=April 2022}} to Jessie Doris Childs, after the death of his first wife.{{When|date=April 2022}}


==Death==
==Death==
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