Brown, George (1790-1865)

Brown, Sir George (1790-1865), British general, was born and died at Linkwood, near Elgin. He served in the Peninsula (1808-13) and in the Crimean war (1854-55) commanded the Light Division, being wounded at Inkermann. In 1860 he became commander-in-chief in Ireland.1. Chamber's Biographical Dictionary, Philadelphia, 1926, page 138.