Matthew Browne
Sir Matthew Browne (1563 – 1 August 1603) of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, MP, was the only son of Sir Thomas Browne and Mabel Fitzwilliam.
He was involved in legal and financial transactions concerning the Globe Theatre in 1601.
He was killed in a duel with his kinsman, Sir John Townshend, on 1 August 1603.
Ambrose Cave
Sir Ambrose Cave( died 2 April 1568) was an English politician.
Ambrose Hardinge Giffard
Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard( 1771 – 1827) was chief justice of British Ceylon.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet, of Deptford
Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet of Deptford( c. 1605 – 12 February 1682/83) was English ambassador to the court of France at Paris from 1641 to 1660.
Thomas Leedes
Thomas Leedes( died 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was killed in action fighting for the King.
Leedes was the son of Sir John Leedes and his wife who was a daughter of Sir Thomas Monson of Burton Lincolnshire.
In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Steyning in the Short Parliament.
He was re-elected MP for Steyning in the Long Parliament in November 1640.
He was disabled from sitting in parliament on 23 November 1642 together with Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet for assisting in putting a garrison into Chichester for the King.
He was killed in the service of the King at Oxford in 1645.
Leedes married Anne Browne, daughter of Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle, Sussex.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet
Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet (died 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1628 and 1648.
He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Browne was the son of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, and his wife Jane Vincent, daughter of Sir Thomas Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon.
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge.
He was created a baronet on 7 July 1627.
In 1628 Browne was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey and held the seat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament.
He was re-elected for Surrey in April 1640 in the Short Parliament, and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.
He was excluded from parliament in 1648 under Pride's Purge.
He was on various commissions for parliament during the Civil War.
In 1654 he was visited by the diarist John Evelyn at his home at Betchworth Castle, near the River Mole at Dorking.
Browne married Elizabeth Adam, daughter of William Adam of Saffron Waldon.
His son Adam succeeded to the baronetcy and was also MP for Surrey.
Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet
Sir Adam Browne, 2nd Baronet( c. 1626 – 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1661 and 1689.
He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.
Browne was the son of Sir Ambrose Browne, 1st Baronet of Betchworth Castle, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Adam, daughter of William Adam of Saffron Waldon.
He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and although his father, as MP for Surrey, had supported the Parliamentary side, Browne supported the Royalist army in the Civil War.
He was a colonel of the horse in the Royalist Army until 1646 and took part in the Surrey uprising in 1648.
In 1660 Browne was ineligible to stand in the Convention Parliament.
However he became a J.P. for Surrey in March 1660, a major in the regiment of Sir Ashley Cooper from July to November 1660 and a Deputy Lieutenant and commissioner for assessment in August 1660.
In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey in the Cavalier Parliament and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father later in the same year.
He held the seat until 1679.
He was re-elected for Surrey in 1685 and held the seat until 1689.
He was a staunch opponent of religious toleration and was temporarily deprived of local offices at the end the reign of James II.
Browne married Philippa Cooper, daughter of Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet of Rockbourne and Wimborne St Giles, Dorset.
His son Ambrose Browne who was MP for Bletchingley predeceased him and the baronetcy became extinct.
Browne died in 1690 and was buried at Dorking on 3 November.

Question: When did Sir Ambrose Browne, 1St Baronet's father die?
Answer: 1 August 1603