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George Stayley Brown (November 20, 1827 – September 12, 1915) was a ship owner, historian and political figure in
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. He represented Yarmouth township in the
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from 1863 to 1866 as a Reformer.


Biography

He was born in
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, the son of Stayley Brown, a member of the Legislative Council, and Charlotte Letitia Fletcher. In 1856, he married Elizabeth Bond. Brown was a director and president of the Acadian Marine Insurance Company. He served as a justice of the peace and as a member of the Central Board of Agriculture. Brown was consul for
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in Yarmouth in 1869. He moved to
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around 1875. He published ''Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : a sequel to Campbell's history'' in 1888. He died in Boston at the age of 87.


References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)


External links

*
Brown, George S ''Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : a sequel to Campbell's history'' (1888)
1827 births 1915 deaths Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia candidates for Member of Parliament Candidates in the 1867 Canadian federal election 19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub