William Joseph Browne, PC QC (May 3, 1897 – January 10, 1989) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician.
[1] The son of Liberius Browne and Bridget O'Reilly, he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and was educated at Holy Cross School, Saint Bonaventure's College, Merton College, Oxford,[2] the University of Toronto and Gray's Inn in London.
[5] In 1981, he published his biography, Eighty-four years a Newfoundlander: Memoirs of William J. Browne (ISBN 0-9690979-0-5).
[6] He was married four times: first to Mary Grace Harris in 1924, to Mary Roche in 1933, to Margaret Fleming (née Buckley) in 1951.,[3] and to Dr Norah Elphinstone Renouf in 1970,[7] outliving all his wives except for Norah, who died November 24, 2010.
[4] There is a William Joseph Browne fonds at Library and Archives Canada.