in 1999 and oversaw the visit to Tehran in late September 2001 by then foreign minister Jack Straw, the first visit to the country by a senior British government minister since the 1979 Revolution. He left Iran in 2002 and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in that year's Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his work as ambassador. He served as Ambassador to Denmark from 2003 to 2006. Later life Browne was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2003. He retired in 2006 due to the illness. He died on 13 January 2014 in Somerset, aged 66. Personal life Browne married Diana Aldwinckle in 1969. They had met while fellow undergraduates at the University of Oxford. Together they had two sons, Jeremy and Arthur, and two daughters, Jasmine and Abigail. He was an avid rock fan with a large collection of vinyls. In 1980, he had attended one of the last concerts by Bob Marley at the Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury, Zimbabwe. References 1947 births 2014 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iran Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Cheltenham College Alumni of University College, Oxford Deaths from Parkinson's disease People from West Malling Neurological disease deaths in England