John Studholme Brownrigg (17 March 1786[1] – 1853)[2] was an English merchant and British Conservative Party politician[3] who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1847.
[3] His paternal uncle was Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet, the Governor of British Ceylon.
in the Second Mahratta War, being present at the Battle of Laswarree, on 1 November 1803, "as fierce a fight as was ever fought by men."
After his HEIC army service, Brownrigg became a London merchant and partner in Charles Cockerill & Co.[5] He was also a director of the Royal Bank of Australasia and deputy governor of the Australian Agricultural Company.
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