As mentioned above, after much searching I eventually found a copy of the Gentleman’s Magazine of Jan 1830, Page 89 of which contains the Obituary [ie, memoir (sic)] for the Rev Thomas Brown :
Rev Thomas Brown
Dec 20 At Conington Campbridgeshire, aged 68, the Rev. Thomas Brown, Rector of that parish for more than 40 years; and a Magistrate for the counties of Cambridge and Hunts. Mr. Brown was third youngest son of Lancelot Brown, esq. Head Gardener to his late Majesty at Hampton Court, who was celebrated in the last century (under the better appelation of Capability Brown) for his skill and taste in laying out parks and ornamental gardening, by which he acquired a large estate of his own, which passed to the subject of the memoir, after his two elder brothers had enjoyed it in succession, and had died without issue viz. Lancelot, a Barrister, and sometime M.P. for Huntingdon; and John, an Admiral of the Royal Navy. The late Mr. Brown was of St. John's-college, Cambridge, B.A. 1784, M.A. 1787; and was presented to the Rectory of Conington in 1789 by the Hon. Dr. Yorke, then Bishop of Ely. He married early in life, Susan, daughter of Mr. Dickins, Rector of Hemingford Gray, near Huntingdon; and by her, who survives him, he has left two sons, Lancelot, Rector of Kelsale in Suffolk, who succeeds to his estate; and Thomas-Charles, Curate of Somersham, in the Isle of Ely, a living attached to the Regius Professorship of Divinity in the University of Cambridge; and one daughter Susan.
The remains of Mr. Brown were deposited by those of his father, under the monument in the chancel of Fenstanton. His character was that of an excellent parish priest; and he will be sincerely lamented by the poor of his neighbourhood, to whose wants, both spiritual and temporal, he never failed to administer. In his family he was warmly beloved; and the open-hearted sincerity of his friendship can be attested by the writer of this; who experienced it for half a century.
"Chave, vale! at tecum, sim modo dignus, ero."
As luck would have it, shortly after finding the above, I made contact with a person in England who owns a copy of “The Register’s of Thorington”, Pp 11 and 12 of which apparently contains this above entry verbatim, except that the following was added in italics after “John, an Admiral of the Royal Navy” –
[On the 9th Inst. Died at bath the Rev. George Brown, late of Pucklechurch, Gloucester, and of Sydney College, Cambridge, son of the late Lancelot Brown Esq., M.P. for Huntingdon.-Ipswich Journal, July 24 1819.]
[ I can’t imagine any © concerns after referring to Article 7 (1) of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works,
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/trtdocs_wo001.html - Similar provisions also most definitely apply in Australia, and USA ]
Although of no direct interest to him, it was the above contact who so kindly made enquiries for me re George’ education, and subsequently re his Baptism in Buckden – for which he has received confirmation there is no record, under Brown or Hall. Also obtaining the actual Ipswich Journal entry.
I have Capability’s youngest son the Rev Thomas born 1761, married Susannah Dickens 22 Jan 1785, died 20 Dec 1829, daughter Susannah, elder son Lancelot Robert b 1786, m Anna Maria Sparrow (Bence) 17 Mar 1809, d 11 Feb 1868 (with 4 daughters, 2 died in infancy, but all well documented), and younger son Thomas Charles b c1791 m Frances (Fanny) Page 17 Sep 1825 (probably), d 2 Jul 1868 (had 3 children mentioned earlier). [Anna Maria's father was Bence Bence, ne Sparrow, one who changed his surname. Susannah, unmarried of Stamford Lincolnshire was left £1,000 by the 1841 Will of her cousin Amelia, spinster daughter of Capability's sister-in-Law Elizabeth and her husband Dr Benjamin Cooke.]
I have been researching Capability’s family for some years, and have most of his descendants down to at least the mid early 1800s, and then some, but it is of no personal benefit to proceed further. It is impossible to reference everything here, but a couple which may be of interest include :
http://books.google.com.au/books?pg=PA521&dq=%22lancelot+robert+brown%22&id=UA4EAAAAQAAJ&output=htmlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=SLYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA522&dq=%22rev+george+brown%22+bathJOH.
