Lex Brown (born Maybole, Ayrshire) is a Scottish businessman. A former decorated RAF helicopter pilot, he came to public attention after buying Tioram Castle, in

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, for £300,000 in 1997. There followed years of high-profile conflicts with Historic Scotland,

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and other interested parties, including a

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in 2002 and an appeal to the Scottish Government in 2006. Following a change of personnel at Historic Scotland., Brown renewed discussions with HS of his plans to reroof and live in Castle Tioram, though these are still at an early stage. Brown was mostly brought up overseas, in Egypt and Ghana, where his father worked as a civil engineer. His Gaelic-speaking, west highland mother endowed Brown with a respect for his

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. After 20 years in the armed forces, Brown farmed on

Loch Lomondside Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (1984) ''Elm'', Cambridge University Press.) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Ce ...

before making a fortune in the

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and oil exploration business.

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