Sir William Brown

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Sir William Brown was a prominent 19th-century Liverpool merchant, banker, and philanthropist who played a key role in the city’s commercial development and endowed major public institutions.

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instanceOf banker
baronet
merchant
philanthropist
politician
associatedWith Liverpool NERFINISHED
South Lancashire NERFINISHED
birthDate 1784-05-30
birthPlace Ballymena NERFINISHED
County Antrim NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Necropolis Cemetery, Liverpool NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1864-03-03
employer Brown, Shipley & Co. NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Brown NERFINISHED
fieldOfActivity banking
commerce
philanthropy
politics
founded Brown, Shipley & Co. Liverpool branch NERFINISHED
givenName William
honorificPrefix Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
namesake Brownlow Hill Library (historical association) NERFINISHED
William Brown Street NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Baronet
notableFor endowing major public institutions in Liverpool
major role in the commercial development of Liverpool in the 19th century
notableWork endowment of the Free Public Library and Derby Museum in Liverpool
funding of the Liverpool public library building
numberOfChildren 11
occupation banker
merchant
philanthropist
politician
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Liberal
positionHeld Member of Parliament for South Lancashire
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence England
Liverpool NERFINISHED
spouse Sarah Gihon NERFINISHED
termEnd 1859
termStart 1846
titleCreationDate 1863

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