Peter Douglas Brown

Peter Douglas Brown (born 7 June 1925) is an historian of eighteenth-century British politics.[1][2]

Brown was born in London on 7 June 1925.[3] He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford.[4] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[4] On 24 March 1982, he chaired a meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Great Reform Act at the Reform Club.[5]

Works
  • The Chathamites: A Study in the Relationship between Personalities and Ideas in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (London: Macmillan, 1967). ISBN 9787270010816
  • William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978). ISBN 004942145X
  • (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). ISBN 0861930975

References
  1. "Brown, Peter Douglas", Library of Congress, accessed 10 January 2021.
  2. The Writers Directory, 1980–82 (London: Macmillan, 1979), p. 158.
  3. The International Authors and Writers Who's who. International Biographical Centre. 1977. p. 133. ISBN 9780900332456. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. "Notes on Contributors", Karl Schweizer (ed.), Lord Bute: Essays in Re-interpretation (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988).
  5. "Court Circular", The Times (26 March 1982), p. 10.
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