Herbert Richard Browne
Captain Herbert Richard Browne (, , 11 October 1858 – 9 September 1890) was a British military officer and the first political officer of the North Lushai Hills. Browne was tasked with pacifying the Lushai Hills until he was betrayed by Khalkam and killed on transit to Changsil. Early life Herbert Richard Browne was born on 11 October 1858 to Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo and Catherine Henrietta Browne in Hooghly District, West Bengal. Herbert was the third oldest child among his nine siblings. He had four brothers, George Browne, Arthur Browne, Terence Maurice Browne and Alfred Eden Browne. His five sisters were Catherine Elizabeth Browne, Edith Hester Charles, Florence Marion Beresford-ash, Norah More and Alice Evelyn Mahon. He would rank lieutenant after becoming a gentleman cadet from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. His first assignment was to the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot as the second lieutenant. Later on, Browne would join the Shropshire Light Infa ...
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