Nicholas Brown III

Nicholas Brown, painted by Charles Cromwell Ingham

Nicholas Brown III (October 2, 1792 – March 2, 1859) was the United States Consul to the Papal court from 1845 to 1853 and later was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1856 to 1857 serving under Governor W. W. Hoppin.^[1][2] He graduated from Brown University, which was founded by his family, in 1811 and attended the Litchfield Law School.^[3]

Biography

He was born on October 2, 1792 in Providence, Rhode Island to Nicholas Brown, Jr.. He had a daughter, Carrie Brown Bajnotti. He died on March 2, 1859.

References

1. The classical spirit in American portraiture. Nicholas Brown III (1792-1859) spent the years 1845-1853 as the United States Consul in Rome. ...
2. William H. Jordy and Christopher P. Monkhouse (1982). Buildings on paper. Nicholas Brown III, formerly American consul in Rome under Polk and later Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. ...
3. "Litchfield Ledger - Student". www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2015-12-15.