Colonel Edward Douglas Brown-Synge-Hutchinson, VC, CB (6 March 1861 – 3 March 1940) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was also mentioned twice in dispatches: on 29 November 1900 by Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief during the early part of the war[4] and on 8 April 1902 by Lord Kitchener C-i-C during the latter part of the war[5] Brown left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in early May 1902, shortly before the end of the war, part of a detachment to attend the Coronation of King Edward VII.

[6] He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.

[2] Brown was 39 years old, and a major in the 14th Hussars, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 13 October 1900 at Geluk, South Africa for which he was awarded the VC: On the 13th October, 1900, at Geluk, when the enemy were within 400 yards, and bringing a heavy fire to bear, Major Brown, seeing that Sergeant Hersey's horse was shot, stopped behind the last squadron as it was retiring, and helped Sergeant Hersey to mount behind him, carrying him for about three-quarters of a mile to a place of safety.

[13]His Victoria Cross is currently not on display, but is housed at HorsePower- The King's Royal Hussars Museum, Winchester, Hampshire, England.