Joseph Brown CB KC (4 April 1809 – 9 June 1902)[3] was an English barrister and bencher of Middle Temple.

He held the positions of both Lent Reader (1869) and Treasurer (1878) of the Temple, and also served as the Chairman of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.

[4] As part of his role, in December of that year he proposed an address to be sent to Queen Victoria on the death of her daughter, Princess Alice.

[8] In 1880, he gave evidence to a Committee of the House of Commons on the bill which would eventually become the Employers' Liability Act 1880.

[3][7] They had three sons and two daughters together: Joseph died at his residence in Regent's Park, London, on 9 June 1902.