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G. Lathom (George Lathom) Browne
1815–1892
A Victorian barrister and legal writer, he turned courtroom drama and public lives into lively, accessible books. His work ranges from true-crime trial reports to popular biographies of figures such as Nelson and Wellington.
1 Audiobook
Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning; by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used
by G. Lathom (George Lathom) Browne, active 19th century C. G. (Charles G.) Stewart
About the author
Born in 1815, George Lathom Browne wrote under the name G. Lathom Browne and built a career that combined law and literature. Contemporary reference material describes him as an English barrister, educated at St John's College, Oxford, and called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1841.
His writing shows a strong interest in legal history and notable cases. He is credited with works including Narratives of State Trials in the Nineteenth Century and Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning, books that brought famous prosecutions to a wider reading public in a vivid, narrative style.
Browne also wrote popular historical biographies, including books on Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. He died in 1892, leaving behind a body of work that sits between careful legal record, true crime, and Victorian historical storytelling.