: 1 9 5 1 ▁birth s ▁Category : L GB T ▁people ▁from ▁South ▁Carolina ▁Category : American ▁L GB T ▁military ▁personnel ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Sum ter , ▁South ▁Carolina <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁Joseph ▁Brow ne , ▁ ▁( May ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁– ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Canadian ▁lawyer , ▁judge ▁and ▁politician . ▁He ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁New found land ▁House ▁of ▁Assembly ▁and ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁of ▁Canada . ▁ ▁The ▁son ▁of ▁Liber ius ▁Brow ne ▁and ▁Br idget ▁O ' Re illy , ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁St . ▁John ' s , ▁New found land ▁and ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Holy ▁Cross ▁School , ▁Saint ▁Bon av ent ure ' s ▁College , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Toronto ▁and ▁Gray ' s ▁Inn ▁in ▁London . ▁Brow ne ▁was ▁called ▁to ▁the ▁bars ▁of ▁both ▁England ▁and ▁New found land ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁and ▁pract ised ▁law ▁in ▁New found land . ▁ ▁Brow ne ▁ran ▁un success fully ▁for ▁the ▁Pla cent ia - St . ▁Mary ' s ▁seat ▁in ▁the ▁New found land ▁assembly ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁for ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁West ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁and ▁defeated ▁when ▁he ▁ran ▁for ▁re e lection ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁assembly