Background
BROWNE, Benjamin Chapman was born on August 26, 1839. Son of Colonel Browne, of Stouts Hill, Gloucestershire.
BROWNE, Benjamin Chapman was born on August 26, 1839. Son of Colonel Browne, of Stouts Hill, Gloucestershire.
Westminster; King’s College, London. Doctor of Civil Law.
Apprenticed as an engineer to Lord Armstrong, Elswick Works, 1856. Mayor of Newcastle, 1885-1887. Chairman of R. and West. Hawthorn, Leslie, and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, engineers aud shipbuilders.
Doctorate.L., Justice of the Peace, M.Inst.C. East., M.I.N.A., M.l.M.E.