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Magdalen College.
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John Browne
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He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 13 October 1598, aged 16.
He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1599.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Bridport in 1628 but his election was declared void on 12 April. In June 1641 he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset in the Long Parliament and sat until 1653, surviving Pride"s Purge in 1648.
He was a commissioner on the trial of the King in 1649, but did not acting Browne died at the age of 78.
Membership
In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport.
