Nicholas Brown III
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.[1][2] He graduated from Brown University, which was founded by his family, in 1811 and attended the Litchfield Law School.[3]
Biography
He was born on October 2, 1792, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Nicholas Brown, Jr..
Nicholas married his cousin, Abby Mason (1800-1822), daughter of James Brown Mason, in 1820. After her death, he married Caroline Matilda Cements (1809-1879) in 1831. They had five children. The eldest, Alfred Nicholas Brown (1832-1864) married Anne Mauran in 1857. Of their three children, only Nicholas Brown (1862-1891) lived to adulthood.[4]
He had a daughter, Carrie Brown Bajnotti. Bajnotti Fountain in Burnside Park is a memorial in her honor, as is a clock tower (Carrie Tower) at Brown University.[5]
Nicholas Brown III died on March 2, 1859.
References
- ↑ The classical spirit in American portraiture.
Nicholas Brown III (1792-1859) spent the years 1845-1853 as the United States Consul in Rome. ...
- ↑ William H. Jordy and Christopher P. Monkhouse (1982). Buildings on paper.
Nicholas Brown III, formerly American consul in Rome under Polk and later Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. ...
- ↑ "Litchfield Ledger - Student". www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ "Alva Woods papers". Rhode Island Archival and Manuscripts Papers Online. RIAMCO. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Harrington, Daniel F. (6 September 2016). "Daniel F. Harrington: A romantic tribute by a famous widower". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Anderson C. Rose |
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 1856–1857 |
Succeeded by Thomas G. Turner |