From the battlefield and politics to the stage, music and literature, bearers of the proud name of Brown have stamped an indelible mark on the historical record.
• First popularised as a surname in England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066, many of its bearers subsequently gained high honours and distinction.
• In the skies above the Western Front during the First World War, Captain Arthur Roy Brown was the Canadian flying ace officially credited with having shot down the famous German ace Manfred von Richthofen, more colourfully known as the Red Baron.
Product code: ILUV-LS-EN-BK-BRN
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