Peter Douglas Brown (born 7 June 1925) is an historian of eighteenth-century British politics."Brown, Peter Douglas", Library of Congress, accessed 10 January 2021.The Writers Directory, 1980–82 (London: Macmillan, 1979), p. 158.
Brown was born in London on 7 June 1925. He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford."Notes on Contributors", Karl Schweizer (ed.), Lord Bute: Essays in Re-interpretation (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. On 24 March 1982, he chaired a meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Great Reform Act at the Reform Club."Court Circular", The Times (26 March 1982), p. 10.
Works The Chathamites: A Study in the Relationship between Personalities and Ideas in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (London: Macmillan, 1967). William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978). (editor, with Karl W. Schweizer), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs, 1759–1762 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1982).
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