Henry Gore-Browne

Colonel Henry George Gore-Browne was born in Newtown, County Roscommon and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Family

Henry George Browne was the son of Arthur Browne, Esq., and his wife Anna Elizabeth Clements, daughter of Captain Clements. He was a great-great grandson of the 1st Earl of Altamont, whose heir is the Marquess of Sligo. His great-grandfather was The Right Hon. Arthur Browne MP, of Leixlip Castle.
He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He married Jane Anne Seely, daughter of Charles Seely, on 10 April 1882. She was the sister of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet, and the aunt of J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone.
They lived at Pitt Place House, Mottistone, on the Isle of Wight.

Details

He was 26 years old, and a captain in the 32nd Regiment of Foot in the British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 21 August 1857 during the Siege of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC:

Further information

He later achieved the rank of colonel of the 100th Regiment of Foot. He served as Magistrate for Hampshire and became a Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight. He died at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight on 15 November 1912. He changed his name by deed poll in 1915 from Henry George Browne to Henry George Gore-Browne.