Timothy Brown (1743/1744 – 4 September 1820) was an

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and

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, known for his association with other radicals of the time, such as

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, William Frend,

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, John Cartwright and George Cannon; his political views gave him the nickname "Equality Brown". He was also one of the early partners of

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, and became the master of the

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Life

Born in 1743 or 1744 in

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, the son of Ann Yates and Isaac Brown (1704–1780). Brown's family were said to have been "good

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stock", and had lived around Kirkoswald for many generations. The first recorded were

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guards hired by

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to protect the

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from the Scots; another, William Brown of Scales, fought as a soldier for

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in the

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(1642–1651). Brown grew up with at least two brothers (Samuel, 1749–1823, and Joseph, 1751–1824) in his family's modest farmstead Scales Rigg, above Kirkoswald, which had been built in 1734. Aged 16, he left Cumbria for

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, either with or soon after his cousin Joseph Brown. Brown retired in affluence to Peckham Lodge, where it was said that his "neighbours reported with awe that he could cut 400 pineapples from his own glasshouses". He died on 4 September 1820, and was buried in the graveyard of

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Children

* With Anne Strutt (married 1761) ** George Edward Brown (baptised 1762) ** Frederick Wall Brown (baptised 1763) * With Alice Lloyd ** Frances Elizabeth 'Fanny' Brown (born 1774) * With Sarah née Lowndes (married 1779) ** Sarah Elizabeth Brown (1781–1851) ** Timothy Brown (1783–1784) ** Harriet Brown (born 1786) ** Maria Brown (born 1787) **

Timothy Yeats Brown Timothy Yeats Brown (14 July 1789 – 3 February 1858) was an English banker and head of his family firm Brown, Cobb & Co. He became the British consul to Genoa from 1840 to 1857. Life Born on 14 July 1789, the youngest and only surviving so ...

(1789–1858) ** Charlotte Brown (born 1791)

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