BROWN, SIR GEORGE

BROWN, SIR GEORGE
   British general, born near Elgin, distinguished both in the Peninsular and in the Crimean war, was severely wounded at Inkerman, when in command of the Light Division (1790-1863).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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