MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Browne

1698 - 1792

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George Browne (Russian: Юрий Юрьевич Броун, Irish: Seoirse de Brún, German: Georg Reichsgraf von Browne, French: Georges de Browne), Count von Browne in the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire (15 June 1698 – 18 February 1792), was an Irish soldier of fortune who became full general in the Russian service. Browne was descended from a family that could trace its descent to the time of William the Conqueror, and had settled in Ireland at a very early period. His immediate ancestors were the Brownes of Camas, Limerick, where he was born 15 June 1698. He was educated at Limerick diocesan school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Browne is the 1,340th most popular military personnel (up from 1,599th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 160th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Browne ranks 1,340 out of 2,058. Before him are Quintus Fufius Calenus, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, Sultan Agung of Mataram, and Otto Ciliax. After him are Edward Vernon, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Yevgeny Miller, Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Pavel Kurochkin, and Oku Yasukata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, George Browne ranks 15. Before him are Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Erik Pontoppidan, Jean Calas, and Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans. After him are François Francoeur, Giacomo Ceruti, Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pyotr Saltykov, Henry Baker, and Prokop Diviš. Among people deceased in 1792, George Browne ranks 31. Before him are Antoine Louis, John Smeaton, Yazid of Morocco, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Guillaume Le Gentil, and John Burgoyne. After him are René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, John Paul Jones, Charles Simon Favart, Davit Guramishvili, George Mason, and Paul Möhring.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, George Browne ranks 147 out of 549. Before him are Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Arthur Guinness (1725), Peter Brown (1935), Sally Oldfield (1947), and Coloman of Stockerau (1000). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Daniel O'Connell (1775), Roger Casement (1864), Edward Sabine (1788), Adomnán (624), and Micheál Martin (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, George Browne ranks 5. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Richard Montgomery (1738), and William Brown (1777). After him are John de Robeck (1862), Alan Cunningham (1887), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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