Peter Douglas Brown (born 7 June 1925) is an historian of eighteenth-century British politics. Brown was born in

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on 7 June 1925. He was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

."Notes on Contributors", Karl Schweizer (ed.), ''Lord Bute: Essays in Re-interpretation'' (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988). He is a Fellow of the

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. On 24 March 1982, he chaired a meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the

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at the

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."Court Circular", ''The Times'' (26 March 1982), p. 10.

Works

*''The Chathamites: A Study in the Relationship between Personalities and Ideas in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century'' (London: Macmillan, 1967). *''William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner'' (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978). *(editor, with Karl W. Schweizer), ''The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs, 1759–1762'' (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1982).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Peter Douglas 1925 births Possibly living people Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Historical Society People educated at Harrow School