in the eervice of their country, – one a captain in the royal regiment of artillery, aid-de-camp to Lord Seaforth, and governor of fort Needham, Barbadoes; the other a midshipman in the navy.
Captain Philip Browne, senior, married the grand-daughter of Joanna, wife of Edmund Dalby, Esq. and daughter and co-heiress of the Hon. John Finch, a son of Heneage, the first Earl of Nottingham, whose eldest son, Daniel, succeeded to that title, and also to the earldom of Winchelsea, both of which are at present enjoyed by his grandson. Heneage, next brother to the second Lord Nottingham, was created Earl of Aylesford, in 1714. The Dalby family (now extinct) were long seated at Brookhampton, in Warwickshire, and seised of the lordship of several manors in that county; likewise of the manor of Hurst, co. Berks. Speaking of the male branches. Sir William Dugdale and other authorities agree, that in 1293, they were esquires, bearing ancient arms from their ancestors; that they enjoyed the confidence of Edward III., Richard II., and Henry VI.; were entrusted by those monarchs with the keeping of Guienne and Calais; and held special letters of protection from them for their services.
Philip Browne, Esq. whose services we are now about to record, was born Sept. 16, 1772; and he entered the navy as a midshipman on board the Colossus 74, Captain Hugh C. Christian, in May, 1787. He afterwards served in the Racehorse sloop, successively commanded by Captain David Stow, and Captain (now Sir Thomas) Foley.
In May, 1789, Mr. Browne joined the Illustrious 74, flagship of the Hon. John Leveson Gower; and in Dec. following the Minerva frigate. Captain Robert Manners Sutton, with whom he proceeded to India. From June, 1790, until Dec. 1793, we find him serving under Commodore the Hon. William Cornwallis, in the Crown and Minerva; by which
ing; his ship on the bar of Tybee river, to prevent the enemy’s fleet under the Count d’Estaing crossing it, to co-operate with the land forces (which he effectually did); and secondly, by manning the batteries of the right wing of the place with his officers and crew, he principally compelled the enemy to raise, the siege.”
