{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nicholas Brown III | image = Nicholas Brown III.jpg | caption = Nicholas Brown, painted by Charles Cromwell Ingham | office = Lieutenant Governor<br>of Rhode Island | term = 1856–1857 | governor = William W. Hoppin | predecessor = Anderson C. Rose | successor = Thomas G. Turner | birth_name = Nicholas Brown III | birth_date = October 2, 1792 | birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1859|3|2|1792|10|2}} | death_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | resting_place = | net_worth = | spouse = Abby Mason<br>Caroline Matilda Clements | children = 5 | alma_mater = Brown University (1811)<br>Litchfield Law School | website = | signature = | parents = Nicholas Brown Jr.<br>Ann Carter | relatives = John Carter Brown II (brother)<br>Nicholas Brown Sr. (grandfather) }}

'''Nicholas Brown III''' (October 2, 1792 – March 2, 1859) was the United States Consul to the Papal court from 1845 to 1853 and later was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1856 to 1857, serving under Governor W. W. Hoppin.<ref name="classicalspirit"/>

==Early life== Nicholas Brown III was born on October 2, 1792, in Providence, Rhode Island, the eldest of three surviving children born to Nicholas Brown Jr. (1769–1841), the namesake patron of Brown University, and Ann Carter, daughter of John Carter, a prominent printer in Providence.<ref name="JCBRIHHofF">{{cite web|title=John Carter Brown, Inducted 2012|url=http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?iid=672|website=www.riheritagehalloffame.org|publisher=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> His younger brother was John Carter Brown II (1797–1874). His grandfather was Nicholas Brown Sr. (1729–1791), brother of John Brown, Moses Brown, and Joseph Brown, who was a merchant and slave trader who co-founded the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations which is today known as Brown University.<ref name="Miyoshi">{{cite book|last1=Miyoshi|first1=Masao|title=Trespasses: Selected Writings|date=January 1, 2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822392484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8wRLsrc-1EC&q=Elihu+Yale+slavetrader&pg=PA32|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>

He graduated from Brown University, which was founded by his family, in 1811 and attended the Litchfield Law School.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Litchfield Ledger - Student|url = http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/443|website = www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org|access-date = 2015-12-15}}</ref>

Nicholas Brown III died on March 2, 1859.

==Career== From 1845 to 1853, he was the United States Consul to the Papal court.<ref name="classicalspirit">{{cite book |title=The classical spirit in American portraiture |year= 1976|publisher= Department of Art, Brown University|quote=Nicholas Brown III (1792-1859) spent the years 1845-1853 as the United States Consul in Rome. ...| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9nqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Nicholas+Brown+III%22 |isbn= 9780933519091}}</ref> From 1856 to 1857, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, serving under Governor W. W. Hoppin.<ref name="jordy">{{cite book |author=William H. Jordy and Christopher P. Monkhouse |title=Buildings on paper |year=1982 |quote=Nicholas Brown III, formerly American consul in Rome under Polk and later Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngRQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Nicholas+Brown+III%22 }}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1820, Nicholas married his cousin, Abby Mason (1800–1822), daughter of James Brown Mason. After her death, he married Caroline Matilda Clements (1809–1879) in 1831. They had five children, including: * Alfred Nicholas Brown (1832–1864), who married Anne Mauran in 1857. Of their three children, only Nicholas Brown (1862–1891) lived to adulthood.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alva Woods papers|url=http://www.riamco.org/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms2011.017&view=biography|website=Rhode Island Archival and Manuscripts Papers Online|publisher=RIAMCO|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> * Annmary Brown Hawkins (1837–1903), in whose memory the Annmary Brown Memorial at Brown University was dedicated, and where she was laid to rest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown, Annmary () |url=https://library.brown.edu/cds/portraits/display.php?idno=286 |website=Brown University Portraits |publisher=Brown University |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref> * Carrie Mathilde Brown Bajnotti, (1841–1892)<ref>{{cite web |last1=DePaola |first1=Gloria |title=A Providence Love Story |url=http://smallstatebighistory.com/providence-love-story/ |website=Small State, Big History |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref> whose husband, Italian diplomat Paul Bajnotti, erected a series of memorials after her death: the Bajnotti Memorial Fountain in Burnside Park, the Pancratiast Statue in Roger Williams Park, and Carrie Tower, the clock tower at Brown University.<ref name="WPRI">{{cite web |last1=Kirby |first1=Brendan |title=What happened to Bajnotti's money? |url=https://www.wpri.com/rhode-show/what-happened-to-bajnotti-s-money-/1944574210 |website=Rhode Show |publisher=WPRI |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Coelho |first1=Jamie |title=One Love, Three Ways Providence's greatest love story lives on. |journal=Rhode Island Monthly |date=10 February 2017 |url=https://www.rimonthly.com/one-love-three-ways/ |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20160906/daniel-f-harrington-romantic-tribute-by-famous-widower |title=Daniel F. Harrington: A romantic tribute by a famous widower |last=Harrington |first=Daniel F. |date=6 September 2016 |newspaper=The Providence Journal |access-date=12 October 2016 }}</ref>

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