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'''Sir Patrick Reginald Evelyn Browne''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (28 May 1907 – 1 October 1996) was an English judge, who was a [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Lord Justice of Appeal]] between 1974 and 1980.
== Biography ==
Patrick Browne was in [[Cambridge]], the son of [[Edward Granville Browne]], a leading Cambridge Orientalist, and of Alice Caroline Browne, daughter of the historian [[Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell]]. His grandfather was Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne, head of the shipbuilding and engineering firm [[R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company]]. His father died in 1924 and his mother died the following year.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Browne was educated at [[Eton College]], before going up to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] (honorary fellow, 1975), where his father had been a fellow, in 1925, the year of his mother's death. He read Law and was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] by the [[Inner Temple]] in 1931. The same year, he married Evelyn Sophie Alexandra (''d'' 1966), daughter of the archaeologist [[Charles Walston|Sir Charles Walston]], a family friend. They had two daughters. After her death, he married Lena Atkinson in 1977.
On the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] in 1939, he joined the [[Royal Horse Artillery]], and was employed in the planning of air defence at the [[War Office]], becoming a [[Staff (military)|GSO1]] and a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]]. He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE (Military Division)]] in 1945.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Returning to the bar, Browne acquired a large civil practice, mainly in planning law and parliamentary work. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1960, and was Deputy Chairman of the Essex County Quarter Sessions from 1963 to 1965. He also edited the second edition of ''Shawcross and Beaumont's Air Law''.
In 1965, he was appointed a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|Justice of the High Court]] and assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]], receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]]. He was the first instance judge in the seminal case ''[[Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission]]'', where he found in favour of the plaintiffs. Reversed by the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]], his judgment was restored by the [[Judicial functions of the House of Lords|House of Lords]]. Unusually, his judgment in full was annexed to the Lords' judgment.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was made a [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Lord Justice of Appeal]] in 1974, and was sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].
== References ==
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[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Cambridge]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Members of the Inner Temple]]
[[Category:English Queen's Counsel]]
[[Category:Queen's Counsel 1901–2000]]
[[Category:Royal Horse Artillery officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Queen's Bench Division judges]]
[[Category:Judges of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)]]
[[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]]
== Biography ==
Patrick Browne was in [[Cambridge]], the son of [[Edward Granville Browne]], a leading Cambridge Orientalist, and of Alice Caroline Browne, daughter of the historian [[Francis Henry Blackburne Daniell]]. His grandfather was Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne, head of the shipbuilding and engineering firm [[R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company]]. His father died in 1924 and his mother died the following year.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Browne was educated at [[Eton College]], before going up to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] (honorary fellow, 1975), where his father had been a fellow, in 1925, the year of his mother's death. He read Law and was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] by the [[Inner Temple]] in 1931. The same year, he married Evelyn Sophie Alexandra (''d'' 1966), daughter of the archaeologist [[Charles Walston|Sir Charles Walston]], a family friend. They had two daughters. After her death, he married Lena Atkinson in 1977.
On the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] in 1939, he joined the [[Royal Horse Artillery]], and was employed in the planning of air defence at the [[War Office]], becoming a [[Staff (military)|GSO1]] and a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]]. He was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE (Military Division)]] in 1945.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Returning to the bar, Browne acquired a large civil practice, mainly in planning law and parliamentary work. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1960, and was Deputy Chairman of the Essex County Quarter Sessions from 1963 to 1965. He also edited the second edition of ''Shawcross and Beaumont's Air Law''.
In 1965, he was appointed a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|Justice of the High Court]] and assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]], receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]]. He was the first instance judge in the seminal case ''[[Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission]]'', where he found in favour of the plaintiffs. Reversed by the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]], his judgment was restored by the [[Judicial functions of the House of Lords|House of Lords]]. Unusually, his judgment in full was annexed to the Lords' judgment.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was made a [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Lord Justice of Appeal]] in 1974, and was sworn of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]].
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Cambridge]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Members of the Inner Temple]]
[[Category:English Queen's Counsel]]
[[Category:Queen's Counsel 1901–2000]]
[[Category:Royal Horse Artillery officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Queen's Bench Division judges]]
[[Category:Judges of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)]]
[[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]]
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