Barwick Sharpe Browne
Lieutenant-Colonel Barwick Sharpe Browne was a British Army officer, the first librarian of the Institute of Archaeology, and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Early life
Barwick Sharpe Browne was born in 1881. His father was Walter Raleigh Browne, a civil engineer. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.First World War
Browne was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant becoming a lieutenant in 1901. He served throughout the First World War during which time he commanded a battery.Inter-war years
After leaving the army, Browne lived in London. In 1922, he married Enid Marjorie Moore at St John the Evangelist parish church in Westminster. Enid became a doctor and anaesthetist. They had two sons and a daughter. Their eldest son died in 1947 and Enid died in 1961.Browne was the first librarian of the Institute of Archaeology and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
The Brownes moved to Gloucestershire in 1938.