Arthur Winton Brown

Arthur Winton Brown JP (27 December 1856 – 27 July 1916) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1886 and 1891. He died at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Brown was born at Port Chalmers, Dunedin on 27 December 1856. He was the son of carpenter Arthur Brown, who later became cabinet maker and shipwright, and his wife Jane Winton. The family moved to Wellington in either the late 1850s or early 1860s. Brown married Mary Eliza Linnell on 6 September 1877. They had three sons: Arthur Percy Linnell (1878-1879), Arthur Bernard Linnell (1879-19 December 1913), and Harold Vivian (1881-1881). Brown's brother was Byron Paul Brown.

After Brown's disappearance in 1892 his wife and son, Arthur Bernard, remained in Wellington for a time before supposedly leaving for England to stay with relatives. In the 1900 United States Census Arthur Bernard Brown was living in New Orleans and was described as a medical student. Both he, and his father and mother were listed a boarders at the address.

Arthur Bernard Brown graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1901. He married Wilhelmina Emily Otto, a Polish migrant, on 8 April 1902. In 1910 he was appointed to the State Board of Medical Examiners and in 1911 he became Secretary of the Louisiana State Board of Health. In 1913 President of the Federation of State Medical Boards. He died on 19 December 1913 after suffering a prolonged illness. In 1918 his wife, Wilhelmina, was the Assistant Secretary of the Louisiana Nurses Board of Examiners and the American Red Cross work of the Gulf Division, She died on 2 March 1964 in New Orleans.

By the 1920 census only Brown's wife was living in New Orleans and she died there in 1940. Brown had died on 27 July 1916. At the time of his death he was residing at 1309 Nashville Avenue.

Brown was employed in T J Mountain's grocery business until he started his own at the age of 20. He acquired the grocery business of a Mr Hollis located in Tory Street, Wellington. He was a successful grocer opened another shop on Lambton Quay near Bowen Street. He retired from direct involvement in the grocery business prior to 1890 and was, until his disappearance from Wellington in 1892, a land agent and auctioneer.

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