Vincent Brown (lawyer)
Vincent Brown, K.C. (1855 – 9 November 1904) was a Trinidadian lawyer and Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago.
He was born one of three brothers to Joseph Brown, a merchant of St Vincent and moved as a child with his family to Trinidad, where he was educated at St Mary's College, Port of Spain. He afterwards studied law at Gray's Inn in London.[1]
On his return to Trinidad he became a magistrate and was appointed Solicitor-General in 1892, a post he held until he was made Attorney-General in 1903. He also served as Mayor of Port of Spain in 1889–90 and was appointed King's Counsel.[2]
His son, Kenneth Vincent Brown was a Senior Puisne Judge. His grandson was Wayne Vincent Brown, a notable author, journalist and poet.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "1997 Hall of Fame Inductees". St Mary's College, Trinidad. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "The Colored American Magazine". Vol. 8. 1905.
- ^ "Wayne Vincent Brown, July 18, 1944 – September 15, 2009". Stabroek News. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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