Richard Brown
Date of birth / Date established
1804
Date of death / Date closed
22 Aug 1860
Place of birth / Place established
Place of death / Place closed
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
A high profile Taranaki merchant who served as A Captain in the Taranaki Militia during the First Taranaki War where he commanded an irregular force of Māori based at Waitara. He was shot while searching after a strayed horse and died 22 August 1860.
