# Gore Browne

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{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|honorific_prefix = [General](/source/General_(United_Kingdom))
|name=Gore Browne
|birth_date={{circa}} 1764
|death_date=12 January 1843
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|commands=[Western District](/source/Western_District_(British_Army))
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[General](/source/General_(United_Kingdom)) '''Gore Browne''' ({{circa}} 1764 – 12 January 1843) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who became [Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Plymouth).

==Military career==
Browne was commissioned as an [ensign](/source/Ensign_(rank)) in the [35th Regiment of Foot](/source/35th_(Royal_Sussex)_Regiment_of_Foot) on 5 July 1780.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LoSuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA510|title=Wellington's Men Remembered Volume 2: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo|publisher=Pen & Sword|first=Janet|last=Bromley|year=2012|page=510|isbn=978-1848846753}}</ref> He became commanding officer of the [40th Regiment of Foot](/source/40th_Regiment_of_Foot) and commanded it at the [Battle of Krabbendam](/source/Battle_of_Krabbendam) and the [Battle of Bergen](/source/Battle_of_Bergen_(1799)) in September 1799 and the [Battle of Alkmaar](/source/Battle_of_Alkmaar_(1799)) in October 1799 during the [Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland](/source/Anglo-Russian_invasion_of_Holland).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz54unkngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz54unkngoog/page/n555 534]|quote=general gore browne 44th regiment.|title=General Gore Browne|publisher=The Gentleman's Magazine|year=1843|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> He commanded a brigade at the [Battle of Montevideo](/source/Battle_of_Montevideo_(1807)) in February 1807 during the [British invasions of the River Plate](/source/British_invasions_of_the_River_Plate) and also took part in the unsuccessful [Walcheren Campaign](/source/Walcheren_Campaign) in Autumn 1809.<ref name=bio/> He became [Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Plymouth) and General Officer Commanding [Western District](/source/Western_District_(British_Army)) in December 1812<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16683|page=2548|date=19 December 1812}}</ref> and later served as colonel of the [44th Regiment of Foot](/source/44th_(East_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot).<ref name=bio/>

He was buried at St Mary's Church in [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radipoleparish.f2s.com/stmarysmonumentlist.pdf|title=Monument List|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[Richard England](/source/Richard_G._England)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[GOC Western District](/source/Western_District_(British_Army))|years=1812&ndash;1819}}
{{s-aft|after=[Sir Denis Pack](/source/Denis_Pack)}}
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Category:British Army generals
Category:1760s births
Category:1843 deaths
Category:35th Regiment of Foot officers

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