John Browne

Who is John Browne?

John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne is a former British politician who is currently acting as an economic and financial consultant in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Browne was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1979 to 1992. In parliament, he sponsored The Privacy Bill, The Armed Forces Liability for Injury Bill and one Act of Parliament to further the protection of animals. He was elected Chairman of the Conservative Backbench Small Business Committee and Secretary of the Conservative Backbench Finance and Defence Committees; appointed a Member of the Treasury Select Committee and a Delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly where he was Rapporteur on Human Rights. He was educated at Malvern College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Cranfield Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School. He served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards from 1959 to 1967 and in the Grenadier Guards, retiring as a Major. On graduation from Harvard, he joined Morgan Stanley & Co. on Wall Street. On returning to England, he became Director, Middle East Operations of European Banking Company, a director of Worms Investments, The Churchill Clinic, Scansat TV, a Court Member of Southampton University and an Advisor to Control Risks and to Barclays Bank. He served as the Councillor for Knightsbridge on the Westminster City Council from 1974 to 1978. In the 1992 General Election, he decided to stand as an Independent Conservative candidate in Winchester after he refused to submit his name for what he termed "a disgraceful socialist style" re-selection by the Conservative Party after being suspended briefly from the House of Commons for not declaring two of his numerous business interests, as he was instructed not to do by the Registrar of Members' Interests, as being "unnecessary". He lost his seat.