John Browne
 John Browne       (politician, soldier, businessman, banker) | |
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| Born | John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne 17 October 1938 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Malvern College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School |
| Member of | Chatham House/Governors, Council on Foreign Relations/Global Board of Advisors, Le Cercle |
Not to be confused with John Browne (Executive), who proposed a merger of Shell and BP at the 2004 Bilderberg.
John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne (born 17 October 1938) is a British former politician, soldier, and financial consultant now based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America.
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Career
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.
UK Politics
Browne was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1979 to 1992.
In the 1992 UK General Election, Browne 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 and later joined the UK Independence Party, becoming a Vice-President.
Deep political connections
He attended Le Cercle.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Le Cercle/1982 (Wildbad Kreuth) | 11 June 1982 | 13 June 1982 | Germany Hanns Seidel Foundation | 1982 conference organised by Franz Josef Bach. The participants were guests of Franz-Josef Strauss. The first page of the attendee list was published online in 2011 |
| Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn) | 30 June 1983 | 3 July 1983 | Germany Bonn | |
| Le Cercle/1985 (Washington) | 7 January 1985 | 10 January 1985 | US Washington DC | 4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Washington exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011 |
