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Irish lawyer, politician and judge

Thomas BrownKC, PC (Ireland), PC (Northern Ireland)

Member of Parliament for North Down
In office 14 December 1918 – 21 February 1922
Preceded by	William Mitchell-Thomson
Succeeded by	Henry Wilson
Solicitor-General for Ireland
In office 12 June 1921 – 5 August 1921
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Daniel Martin Wilson
Succeeded by	Position abolished

Personal details
Born	(1879-03-17)17 March 1879 Newtownards, Ireland, (now Northern Ireland)
Died	7 October 1944(1944-10-07) (aged 65)
Nationality	British
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast
Profession	Barrister

Thomas Watters Brown, KC, PC, PC (NI) (17 March 1879 – 7 October 1944) was an Irish lawyer and politician.

Thomas Watters Brown was born at The Square in Newtownards, County Down on 17 March 1879 and was the son of James A. Brown, a wool draper, and Mary Anne Watters.

He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast and Queen's University Belfast. He was called to the Bar in 1907 and took silk in 1918.

He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year, he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland. He was the last holder of both offices. He resigned as Attorney General for Ireland in December 1921, and served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland from 1922 until his death. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in December 1922.

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
^ A. D. McDonnell (2000). The life of Sir Denis Henry: Catholic Unionist. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 9780901905949. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
"Who's Who". Retrieved 2 November 2011.
"No. 76". The Belfast Gazette. 15 December 1922. p. 712.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Watters Brown

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byWilliam Mitchell-Thomson	Member of Parliament for North Down 1918–1922	Succeeded byHenry Wilson
Legal offices
Preceded byDaniel Martin Wilson	Solicitor-General for Ireland June–August 1921	Office abolished
Preceded byDenis Henry	Attorney-General for Ireland 5 August 1921 -16 November 1921	Office abolished

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