The late Harold Brown, financier, philanthropist, and one of the foremost laymen of the Protestant Episcopal church in New England, was born at the old Brown mansion on Benefit street, Providence, R. I., December 4, 1863, son of John Carter and Sophia Augusta (Browne) Brown. He was prepared for college under private tutors, and entered Brown University, which was named in honor of his family, in the class of 1885. A year later he left Brown to continue his studies privately at home and abroad. Returning from Europe he entered upon the quiet life of a gentleman of leisure, devoting his time largely to the
pursuit of scholarly and religious interests. Business held no attraction to him, and he remained aloof from the business world except as he was drawn into it in the management of his large estate. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, Knickerbocker Club, New York Coaching Club, the Grolier Club, the Newport Reading Room Club, the Newport Gold Club, the Newport Casino, the Hope Club of Providence, and the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars. In Newport, he took a deep interest in local organizations and was for many years active in the Business Men's Association. From early manhood Mr. Brown displayed a deep interest in Protestant Episcopal charities, and in the
affairs of the church. He was a prominent figure in Emanuel Church in Newport, and for many years represented it at the diocesan conventions and at the sessions of the Newport Conventions. He was most liberal in his gifts to the church in Rhode Island, and one of his largest benefactions was the sum of $100,000 to the Diocesan Mission of the Episcopal Church. Of a retiring nature, unattracted by the glamour of public life, he remained totally outside this field. Widely traveled both in Europe and America, he was a true cosmopolitan, a brilliant conversationalist, a finished gentleman. His interest in church work was not of a purely perfunctory character. He gave not only of his wealth, but of himself, for he rendered a most valuable personal service to Emanuel Church of Newport.
On October 4, 1892, Mr. Brown married Georgette Sherman, daughter of the late William Watts and Annie Derby Rogers (Wetmore) Sherman, the latter named a sister of United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Mrs. Brown traces her descent on both the paternal and maternal lines from several of the foremost of American colonial families. She is well known in social circles in Newport, where she now makes her home.
Harold Brown died on May 10, 1900, in New York, on his return from Europe in April, suffering from an illness which proved fatal. His death in the prime of life, within so short a period of the death of his brother, the late John Nicholas Brown, was deeply mourned. A man of magnetic personality, sincere in his friendships, easily approachable, courteous, kindly, he was well loved. (The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biograþhical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920.)
pursuit of scholarly and religious interests. Business held no attraction to him, and he remained aloof from the business world except as he was drawn into it in the management of his large estate. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, Knickerbocker Club, New York Coaching Club, the Grolier Club, the Newport Reading Room Club, the Newport Gold Club, the Newport Casino, the Hope Club of Providence, and the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars. In Newport, he took a deep interest in local organizations and was for many years active in the Business Men's Association. From early manhood Mr. Brown displayed a deep interest in Protestant Episcopal charities, and in the
affairs of the church. He was a prominent figure in Emanuel Church in Newport, and for many years represented it at the diocesan conventions and at the sessions of the Newport Conventions. He was most liberal in his gifts to the church in Rhode Island, and one of his largest benefactions was the sum of $100,000 to the Diocesan Mission of the Episcopal Church. Of a retiring nature, unattracted by the glamour of public life, he remained totally outside this field. Widely traveled both in Europe and America, he was a true cosmopolitan, a brilliant conversationalist, a finished gentleman. His interest in church work was not of a purely perfunctory character. He gave not only of his wealth, but of himself, for he rendered a most valuable personal service to Emanuel Church of Newport.
On October 4, 1892, Mr. Brown married Georgette Sherman, daughter of the late William Watts and Annie Derby Rogers (Wetmore) Sherman, the latter named a sister of United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Mrs. Brown traces her descent on both the paternal and maternal lines from several of the foremost of American colonial families. She is well known in social circles in Newport, where she now makes her home.
Harold Brown died on May 10, 1900, in New York, on his return from Europe in April, suffering from an illness which proved fatal. His death in the prime of life, within so short a period of the death of his brother, the late John Nicholas Brown, was deeply mourned. A man of magnetic personality, sincere in his friendships, easily approachable, courteous, kindly, he was well loved. (The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biograþhical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920.)
The late Harold Brown, financier, philanthropist, and one of the foremost laymen of the Protestant Episcopal church in New England, was born at the old Brown mansion on Benefit street, Providence, R. I., December 4, 1863, son of John Carter and Sophia Augusta (Browne) Brown. He was prepared for college under private tutors, and entered Brown University, which was named in honor of his family, in the class of 1885. A year later he left Brown to continue his studies privately at home and abroad. Returning from Europe he entered upon the quiet life of a gentleman of leisure, devoting his time largely to the
pursuit of scholarly and religious interests. Business held no attraction to him, and he remained aloof from the business world except as he was drawn into it in the management of his large estate. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, Knickerbocker Club, New York Coaching Club, the Grolier Club, the Newport Reading Room Club, the Newport Gold Club, the Newport Casino, the Hope Club of Providence, and the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars. In Newport, he took a deep interest in local organizations and was for many years active in the Business Men's Association. From early manhood Mr. Brown displayed a deep interest in Protestant Episcopal charities, and in the
affairs of the church. He was a prominent figure in Emanuel Church in Newport, and for many years represented it at the diocesan conventions and at the sessions of the Newport Conventions. He was most liberal in his gifts to the church in Rhode Island, and one of his largest benefactions was the sum of $100,000 to the Diocesan Mission of the Episcopal Church. Of a retiring nature, unattracted by the glamour of public life, he remained totally outside this field. Widely traveled both in Europe and America, he was a true cosmopolitan, a brilliant conversationalist, a finished gentleman. His interest in church work was not of a purely perfunctory character. He gave not only of his wealth, but of himself, for he rendered a most valuable personal service to Emanuel Church of Newport.
On October 4, 1892, Mr. Brown married Georgette Sherman, daughter of the late William Watts and Annie Derby Rogers (Wetmore) Sherman, the latter named a sister of United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Mrs. Brown traces her descent on both the paternal and maternal lines from several of the foremost of American colonial families. She is well known in social circles in Newport, where she now makes her home.
Harold Brown died on May 10, 1900, in New York, on his return from Europe in April, suffering from an illness which proved fatal. His death in the prime of life, within so short a period of the death of his brother, the late John Nicholas Brown, was deeply mourned. A man of magnetic personality, sincere in his friendships, easily approachable, courteous, kindly, he was well loved. (The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biograþhical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920.)
pursuit of scholarly and religious interests. Business held no attraction to him, and he remained aloof from the business world except as he was drawn into it in the management of his large estate. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, Knickerbocker Club, New York Coaching Club, the Grolier Club, the Newport Reading Room Club, the Newport Gold Club, the Newport Casino, the Hope Club of Providence, and the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars. In Newport, he took a deep interest in local organizations and was for many years active in the Business Men's Association. From early manhood Mr. Brown displayed a deep interest in Protestant Episcopal charities, and in the
affairs of the church. He was a prominent figure in Emanuel Church in Newport, and for many years represented it at the diocesan conventions and at the sessions of the Newport Conventions. He was most liberal in his gifts to the church in Rhode Island, and one of his largest benefactions was the sum of $100,000 to the Diocesan Mission of the Episcopal Church. Of a retiring nature, unattracted by the glamour of public life, he remained totally outside this field. Widely traveled both in Europe and America, he was a true cosmopolitan, a brilliant conversationalist, a finished gentleman. His interest in church work was not of a purely perfunctory character. He gave not only of his wealth, but of himself, for he rendered a most valuable personal service to Emanuel Church of Newport.
On October 4, 1892, Mr. Brown married Georgette Sherman, daughter of the late William Watts and Annie Derby Rogers (Wetmore) Sherman, the latter named a sister of United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Mrs. Brown traces her descent on both the paternal and maternal lines from several of the foremost of American colonial families. She is well known in social circles in Newport, where she now makes her home.
Harold Brown died on May 10, 1900, in New York, on his return from Europe in April, suffering from an illness which proved fatal. His death in the prime of life, within so short a period of the death of his brother, the late John Nicholas Brown, was deeply mourned. A man of magnetic personality, sincere in his friendships, easily approachable, courteous, kindly, he was well loved. (The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biograþhical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920.)
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