Harold Browne

The Right Reverend Harold Browne
Bishop of Winchester

Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
In office	1873–1890
Predecessor	Samuel Wilberforce
Successor	Anthony Thorold
Other posts	Norrisian Professor of Divinity (1854–1864) Bishop of Ely (1864–1873)
Personal details
Born	(1811-03-06)6 March 1811 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Died	18 December 1891(1891-12-18) (aged 80) Bitterne, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Residence	Shales House, Bitterne (at death)
Parents	Robert & Sarah
Spouse	Elizabeth (m. 1840–1891)
Children	none
Profession	theologian
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Edward Harold Browne (usually called Harold; 6 March 1811 – 18 December 1891) was a bishop of the Church of England.

Early life and education

He was born on 6 March 1811 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, the second son of Robert Browne of Morton House in Buckinghamshire, and of Sarah Dorothea Steward; and younger brother to Thomas Gore Browne. He was educated at Eton College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[1] After securing his BA in 1832, he won the Crosse theological scholarship in 1833, the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1834, and the Norrisian prize in 1835. He graduated with his MA in 1836, was elected fellow of Emmanuel in 1837, and appointed senior tutor in 1838. In 1854 he was elected Norrisian Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. He took the BD in 1855 and the DD in 1864.^[2]

Early career

He was ordained deacon in on 26 November 1836 by Joseph Allen, Bishop of Ely^[3] and priest, again by Allen, on 3 December 1837. In 1841, he accepted a curacy in Exeter (St Sidwell's), but in 1843 moved to Wales as Vice-Principal of St David's College. In 1849, he took a benefice in Cornwall, to which was attached a prebendal stall in Exeter Cathedral, which he exchanged in 1857 for a canonry in the same and the living of Heavitree.

Later career

In 1854, he was appointed to the Norrisian chair of divinity at the University of Cambridge but held his livings in the Diocese of Exeter concurrently. (The Cornish benefice was the vicarage of Kenwyn and Kea.) On 29 March 1864 he was consecrated Bishop of Ely by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury (assisted by Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's and Henry Philpott, Bishop of Worcester) at Westminster Abbey;^[4] he was enthroned at Ely Cathedral on 26 April. During his time at Ely he returned to his home town for the re-opening of a newly refurbished church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury in 1869. In December 1873, he was translated to the see of Winchester; he was enthroned at Winchester Cathedral on 11 December.

On Sunday 21 May 1885, he ordained as deacon the first deaf-mute Anglican clergyman, Richard Aslatt Pearce.^[5]

Browne resigned his See in 1890 and died at Shales House near Bitterne on 18 December 1891.^[2]

Legacy

Browne was a High Churchman and in 1885, Browne set up the first diocesan organisation of the Mothers' Union, which had previously been a simple parish meeting chaired by Mary Sumner in Old Alresford. He was a moderating influence in the conflict arising from Essays and Reviews and the Pentateuch criticism of J. W. Colenso. His Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles (2 vols.) 1850, 1853 held its place as a standard work for many years.^[6]

Marriage and family

In 1840, he married Elizabeth Carlyon (daughter of Philip Carlyon).^[2]

Styles and titles

1811–1836: Harold Browne Esq
1836–1849: The Reverend Harold Browne
1849–1854: The Reverend Prebendary Harold Browne
1854–1857: The Reverend Prebendary Professor Harold Browne
1857–1864: The Reverend Canon Professor Harold Browne
1894–1884: The Right Reverend Doctor Harold Browne

References

↑ "Browne, Edward Harold (BRWN827EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
1 2 3 Buckland 1901.
↑ Kitchin, George (1895). Edward Harold Browne, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester and Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. London: John Murray. p. 46. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
↑ Kitchin, George (1895). Edward Harold Browne, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester and Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. London: John Murray. p. 254. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
↑ Illustrated London News, 25 July 1885: "The Reverend R A Pearce, the Deaf and Dumb Clergyman"
↑ "Browne, Edward Harold" in: Cross, F. L. (ed.) (1957) The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. London: Oxford University Press; p. 201

Sources

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Browne, Edward Harold.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Buckland, Augustus Robert (1901). "Browne, Edward Harold". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

"Bibliographic directory" from Project Canterbury
Memoir of Harold Browne, by G. W. Kitchin, 1895
Kitchin, G. W. (1895) Edward Harold Browne, D.D. London: John Murray

Honorary titles
Preceded by Alfred Ollivant	Vice-principal of St Davids College, Lampeter 1843–1850	Succeeded by Rowland Williams
Academic offices
Preceded by George Corrie	Norrisian Professor of Divinity 1854–1864	Succeeded by Charles Swainson
Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Turton	Bishop of Ely 1864–1873	Succeeded by James Woodford
Preceded by Samuel Wilberforce	Bishop of Winchester 1873–1890	Succeeded by Anthony Thorold

Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Bishops of Winchester

Early Medieval	Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester Wine Leuthere Hædde Daniel Hunfrith Cyneheard Æthelheard Ecgbald Dudd Cyneberht Ealhmund Wigthegn Herefrith (disputed) Eadmund (disputed) Eadhun Helmstan Swithun Ealhferth Tunbeorht Denewulf Frithestan Beornstan/Byrnstan ÆlfheahI ÆlfsigeI Beorhthelm ÆthelwoldI ÆlfheahII

High Medieval	Cenwulf ÆthelwoldII ÆlfsigeII Ælfwine Stigand Walkelin William Giffard Henry of Blois Richard of Ilchester Godfrey de Luci Richard Poore Peter des Roches Ralph Neville William de Raley Aymer de Valence Andrew of London William de Taunton John Gervais Nicholas of Ely Robert Burnell Richard de la More John of Pontoise

Late Medieval	Henry Woodlock John Sandale Rigaud of Assier John de Stratford Adam Orleton William Edington William of Wykeham Henry Beaufort William Waynflete Peter Courtenay Thomas Langton

Early modern	Richard Foxe Thomas Wolsey Stephen Gardiner John Ponet Stephen Gardiner John White Robert Horne John Watson Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Day Thomas Bilson James Montague Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile Walter Curle Brian Duppa George Morley Peter Mews Jonathan Trelawny Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Benjamin Hoadly John Thomas Brownlow North

Late modern	George Pretyman Tomline Charles Sumner Samuel Wilberforce Harold Browne Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Herbert Ryle Edward Talbot Frank Woods Cyril Garbett Mervyn Haigh Alwyn Williams Falkner Allison John Taylor Colin James Michael Scott-Joynt Tim Dakin

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