Isaac Hawkins Browne

Isaac Hawkins Browne (21 January 1705 – 14 February 1760) is remembered as the author of some clever imitations of contemporary poets on the theme of A Pipe of Tobacco, somewhat analogous to the Rejected Addresses of a later day. He also wrote a Latin poem on the immortality of the soul.

Life
He was born in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of William and Ann née Hawkins Browne and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. A country gentleman and barrister, he had great conversational powers. He was a friend of Dr. Johnson.

He was MP for Much Wenlock, Shropshire from 1744 to 1754. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1750.

He had married Jane Trimnell, daughter of David Trimnell, in 1744. They had one child, Isaac Hawkins Browne