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1858, _portrait_. BROWN, JOHN (_son of Rev. John Brown 1784–1858_). _b._ Biggar, Lanarkshire 22 Sep. 1810; ed. at high sch. and univ. Edin.; apprenticed to James Syme the eminent surgeon 1828–33; M.D. Edin. 1833; physician at Edin. 1833 to death; author of _Horæ Subsecivæ 3 vols._ 1858–82. _d._ 23 Rutland st. Edin. 11 May 1882. _Good Words for 1882 pp._ 446–51, _portrait_: _Macmillan’s Mag. xlvii_, 281–95 (1883); _I.L.N. lxxx_, 508 (1882), _portrait_. BROWN, JOHN. _b._ Crathie near Balmoral, Aberdeenshire 8 Dec. 1826; personal attendant on Queen Victoria Dec. 1865 to death. _d._ Clarence tower, Windsor Castle 27 March 1883. _bur._ Crathie cemetery 5 April. _Life of J. Brown by H. L. Williams_ 1883; _More leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands_ (1884) 31, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxii_, 332 (1883), _portrait_. BROWN, JOHN A. (_3 son of Alexander Brown of Baltimore, banker_). _b._ Ballymena, co. Antrim 21 May 1788; went to United States about 1800; manager of his father’s bank at Philadelphia 1818, succeeded to the business; retired about 1839 with a large fortune; gave to charities sum of 500,000 dollars 300,000 of them to Presbyterian hospital of Philadelphia. _d._ Philadelphia 31 Dec. 1872. BROWN, JOHN CHARLES. _b._ Glasgow 1805; landscape painter in London, Glasgow and Edin.; associate of Royal Scottish Academy; drew views for John Wilson’s _Scotland illustrated_ 1845; his picture ‘The last of the Clan’ was engraved for Royal Association of Fine Arts Scotland 1851. _d._ 10 Vincent st. Edin. 8 May 1867. BROWN, JOHN HOSKINS. Entered navy 25 July 1805; registrar general of seamen 1835 to April 1851; captain 20 March 1863; C.B. 8 April 1862; author of _The Shipmasters’ guide_ 1844, _new ed._ 1855; edited _The mercantile navy list_ 1850 _etc._ _d._ Brixton, London 29 June 1864 aged 72. BROWN, JOHN TATTON BUTLER. _b._ 1 Oct. 1833; 2 lieut. R.A. 18 June 1851, lieut. col. 9 Nov. 1876 to 29 Oct. 1881 when he retired with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 27 Nov. 1879. _d._ Park Mount, Kent road, Southsea 19 Aug. 1885. BROWN, JOHN WRIGHT (_son of Rev. Charles J. Brown of Edinburgh_). _b._ Edin. 19 Jany. 1836; assistant in herbarium connected with Botanic garden Edin.; an associate of Edinburgh Botanical Society to which he contributed a list of the plants of Elie, Fifeshire. _d._ 39 George sq. Edinburgh 23 March 1863. _Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vii_, 519–20 (1863). BROWN, REV. JOSEPH. Educ. at Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1833; P.C. of St. Matthias, Bethnal Green, London 1844–9; R. of Ch. Ch. Southwark 1849 to death; originator of Homes for servants out of place, and the Albert Institution Blackfriars; practically created Cholera orphan house, Ham common, since called National orphan home; author of _Narratives and sermons for schools_ 1856; _Hymns and psalms for divine worship_ 1859. _d._ Richmond hill, Surrey 13 Aug. 1867 aged 67. _I.L.N. xxvi_, 269 (1855), _portrait_. BROWN, JOSEPH (_7 son of George Brown of North Shields_). _b._ North Shields Sep. 1784; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; entered army medical service, attached to Wellington’s staff in Peninsular war; resumed his studies at Edin., M.D. 2 Aug. 1819; practised at Sunderland 1819 to death, medical officer of the Infirmary 1822 to death; mayor of Sunderland 1840, alderman 1841; author of _Medical essays on fever, inflammation and rheumatism_ 1828; _A defence of revealed religion_ 1851; _Memories of the past and thoughts on the present age_ 1863; _The food of the people_ 1865. _d._ Villiers st. Sunderland 19 Nov. 1868. _Munk’s Roll of physicians iii_, 284 (1878); _Medical times and gazette ii_, 683–4 (1868). BROWN, LEWIS GEORGE. _b._ 23 Feb. 1838; ensign 5 Bombay N.I. 13 July 1854; wing commander 8 Bombay N.I. 30 June 1877 to death; lieut. col. staff corps 9 June 1880 to death. _d._ Sibi, Afghanistan 11 Aug. 1880. _I.L.N. lxxvii_, 309 (1880), _portrait_. BROWN, OLIVER MADOX (_son of Ford Madox Brown of London, historical painter_). _b._ Finchley 20 Jany. 1855; ed. at Univ. coll. London; exhibited 2 water colours at Dudley Gallery 1869–70; exhibited a water colour “Exercise” at the R.A. 1870, “Prospero and the infant Miranda” at International exhibition South Kensington 1871 and “Silas Marner” at Society of French artists 1872; published a story entitled _Gabriel Denver_ 5 Nov. 1873. _d._ Fitzroy sq. London 5 Nov. 1874. _O. M. Brown, a biographical sketch by H. Ingram_ (1883), 2 _portraits_; _The Dwale Bluth and other literary remains of O. M. Brown 2 vols._ 1876, 2 _portraits_; _Scribner’s Mag. xii_, 425–8 (1876). BROWN, PETER. Ensign 82 Foot 7 Dec. 1799; major 23 Foot 20 July 1815 to 25 July 1816 when placed on h.p.; commandant of Royal military asylum at Chelsea 15 Dec. 1843 to 1851; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846; served in the Peninsula 1810 to end of the war. _d._ Gosport 3 Jany. 1853. BROWN, PETER. _b._ Perth; editor of the _Dundee Advertiser_ about 1835; edited the _Dundee Herald_ originally called _Dundee Chronicle_; a reporter on the _Morning Post_ in London to death. _d._ 5 April 1855. BROWN, PETER. _b._ Scotland 29 June 1784; merchant in Edinburgh; went to New York 1838; editor and proprietor of the _British Chronicle_; removed to Toronto 1843 where he established _The Banner_ 18 Aug. 1843 and edited it; author of _The fame and glory of England vindicated, by Libertas_ 1842. _d._ Toronto 30 June