1. Edward Harold Browne was a bishop of the Church of England.
10 Facts About Harold Browne
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Harold Browne was educated at Eton College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
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Harold Browne graduated with his MA in 1836, was elected fellow of Emmanuel in 1837, and appointed senior tutor in 1838.
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Harold Browne took the BD in 1855 and the DD in 1864.
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Harold Browne was ordained deacon on 26 November 1836 by Joseph Allen, Bishop of Ely; and priest, again by Allen, on 3 December 1837.
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In 1854, Harold Browne was appointed to the Norrisian chair of divinity at the University of Cambridge but held his livings in the Diocese of Exeter concurrently.
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On Sunday 21 May 1885, Harold Browne ordained as deacon of the first deaf-mute Anglican clergyman, Richard Aslatt Pearce.
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Harold Browne resigned his See in 1890 and died at Shales House near Bitterne on 18 December 1891.
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Harold Browne was a high churchman and in 1885, he 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.
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On 18 June 1840, Harold Browne married Elizabeth Carlyon.