Alexander Browne
British politician (1863–1942)
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Captain Alexander Crawford Browne (died 11 December 1942) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician.[1]
Alexander Browne | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Belfast West | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 11 December 1942 | |
| Preceded by | W.E.D. Allen |
| Succeeded by | Jack Beattie |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 11 December 1942 |
| Party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Crawford Browne attended Methodist College Belfast from 1873 to 1880. He served in the 36th (Ulster) Division from 1914 to 1919 and became a Captain in 1917. In 1924 he was elected as a Belfast City Councillor before becoming a councillor for Princeton Ward in Bangor in 1927.[2] He was elected at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West, and held the seat until his death.[3]
In 1935, he married Dorothy Dawson. Dorothy was from a family of eight who also attended Methodist College Belfast.[4]
His death triggered a by-election in February 1943, when the formerly safe Unionist seat was won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie.
