Sir
Denis
John Wolko
Browne
KCVO
Born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Ancestors 
Brother of
Sylvester Ulick Browne, Roderic Stawell Browne, Nancy Maureen Angell (Browne) Greene, Dominick Stoodleigh Sylvester Browne and Diana Elizabeth Browne
Husband of
Helen de Guerry Simpson
— married
1927 in St. George Hanover Square, London, England
Husband of
Moyra Blanche Madeleine (Ponsonby) Browne
— married
1945 in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in London, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Dec 2017
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Biography
Denis Browne KCVO is Notable.
Denis John Wolko Browne was born on 2nd April 1892 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia).
He was the first British surgeon to devote his practice entirely to the care of children.
Denis Browne KCVO is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Browne was a captain with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps during World War I, and he served in Gallipoli with the 13th Light Horse Regiment.
Denis Browne KCVO migrated from Victoria to England.
He then moved to England and joined the staff of the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street (Now Great Ormond Street Hospital). He introduced several devices to enhance the care of children with surgical problems.
Browne married firstly Helen de Guerry Simpson, a novelist. They had one daughter, Clemence (b.1929).
He married secondly Moyra Blanche Madeleine Ponsonby, who later became the vice president of the Royal College of Nursing and the superintendent of St. John Ambulance. Moyra was the daughter of Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough. Their marriage produced two children, a son and a daughter. His son is the libel barrister Desmond Browne QC, a former Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales.
Sources
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZB-2TBQ : 8 October 2014), Denis J Browne and null, 1927; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1927, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 1160, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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