Mr
William
Robert Edward
Brown
Born about in Reading, Berkshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Pitts Tucker
— married
about Aug 1854 in Barnstaple, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Elizabeth (Brown) Taylor, Edward Balcombe Brown, William Frederick Barnard Brown, Edith Balcombe Brown, Alice Brown and Charles Walter (Brown) Pitts-Brown
Died
at about age 77
in Wellington, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Sep 2018
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Biography
William R.E. Brown came to New Zealand with his wife from England, arriving at Wellington in Dec 1855 on the barque Surge.
As a youth he was trained in England for the army. In 1860, during the Maori Wars, he joined the militia as a Lieutenant and four years later was promoted to Captain.
In 1863 he was appointed Clerk to the Bench in Wellington.
He had three sons and three daughters all of whom married in New Zealand.
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