Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet DL (16 January 1840 – 10 May 1906) was an English landowner.
[1] His two surviving brothers were James Clifton Brown, a Member of Parliament for Newbury and Sir Alexander Hargreaves Brown, 1st Baronet, the Liberal Party, and later Liberal Unionist, politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1906.
His sister was Louisa Brown, the wife of Alexander William Cobham.
[3] Brown attained the rank of Colonel in the 1st Lancashire Artillery Volunteers,[4] and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant.
[2] Together, they lived at Chesham Place in Belgravia, London, and Astrop Park, and were the parents of seven children:[1][4] Sir William died on 10 May 1906 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Melville.