James Browne LLD (1793 – 8 April 1841), Scottish advocate, scholar and man of letters.
[1] He wrote a Sketch of the History of Edinburgh, for Ewbank's Picturesque Views of that city (1823–1825).
He was appointed editor of the Caledonian Mercury in 1827; and two years later he became sub-editor of the seventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica working with Macvey Napier, to which he contributed a large number of articles.
[2] In the 1830s he lived at 11 Comely Bank[3] in Edinburgh, and was frequently visited by his friend Daniel O'Connell.
Browne died at Woodbine Cottage on York Road in the Trinity area on 8 April 1841.