Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet (died 5 October 1760)[1] was a British politician and merchant.
He was the son of William Brown and Grisel Brice and for some time a merchant and King George II's resident in Venice.
[2] On 11 March 1731, he was made a baronet, of the City and Liberty of Westminster,[3] with a special remainder failing own issue male, to his two brothers James and Edward, and their heirs male.
[7] They had two daughters[4] and so he was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his nephew James O'Hara.
[1] Brown was buried in Audley Street Chapel in London, five days after his death.