Francis Clifton Brown

Vice-Admiral Francis Clifton Brown C.B., C.M.G., (10 July 1874 – 6 September 1963) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

[1][2] Brown was born 10 July 1874 in Lower Beeding in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

He was the son of James Clifton Brown and Amelia Rowe and during his childhood the family lived in Holmbush House.

[1] In April 1900 he was posted as gunnery lieutenant on the cruiser HMS Argonaut, commissioned for service on the China station.

During 1931, he served as the High Sheriff of Berkshire and was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1929 and was the Chairman of the Governors from 1944 to 1958.