JOHN BROWN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 958, 1 June 1883, Page 4

JOHN BROWN.

Although Lady Florence Dixie; herself suffered no setions injury from the attack of which she was the victim, the affair has proved fatal tin ai blameless person—John Brown, the favorite per- . sonal attendant pf the Queen. He was despatched Royal Mistress after she had heard ' r of the assault, to The order that he might survey ~fhe ajepe .Qf the outrage and inquire after her'; ladyship’s health. He caught a ai ll severe cold from exposure to the bitter' north-east .wind* •-and/-.* - - subsequently erysipe-

las in the head supervened.- 1 r He was, f Ji artdiexpired on Tuesday f- -17.; ■ rFormore than thirty hja4 t'in, serI)* 1 ?; capacity " ''quautifes * which caused , him to be r jthe j map jto lead the Queen’s pony during her Highland excursions, and ggpet&Py, to,’attend' upon Her MaJestodp - The Queen’s no the atten*aidßW#>f JflhOiJßrSQfWn- -? - When the Sovereign was at Windsoror- in London, he harPQOOpSHi seat’ -at Ji the back of the

. Royal carriage. A quiet manner con---.l^bfialedteactreme'vigilance, and when a . criminal maniac named Maclean fired .tf.'ii thdißbyal l 'Carriage- some ■’ eighteen months ago it was Johh : Brown who, assisted by an Eton boy, the son of Sir the assailant It is'much to Brown’s credit that he

was not spoiled by his success. He ' never gave him.sejf.airs, and,fhougli. his JJij^J^^n v fhe'Rdyai j 'Househbfa was, in consequence exceptional favor with which he was regarded, one of some difficulty, he was popular b y< aU the Royal servants. The Queen, 4n a note to her “Leaves from the Journal of her Life in the fegular attendant out-of-doors every,i> therein Ithe .Highlands. He commenced as gillie in 1849, and was selected by Albert and me to go with my carriage. In 1851 he entered our secwH Jjßimatebtlyl* hnd began in that year leading my pony, and advanced step by ibis’good conduct and. intelligence. His r attention,, pare, and «-o*iithfmness cannot be excefeded j 'and the stated inly- health,, which of late years "has been sorely tried and renders, such qualifications inmost valuable, and, indeed, most needful in a constant attendant upon all

occasions. He has since (in December,.! 865),, most deservedly been, promoted to be art upper servant, and rnjy permanent, personal attendant. He has bll the 1 independence and elevated feeling peculiar to the Highland racj;, and is singularly straightforward,' simple-minded, kind-hearted and disinterest,ed ; always ready ,tp of a discretion rarely to be met with. He iSirtow in his fortieth year. Hfs father was a small farmer, who lived at the Bush on the opposite side to Balmoral. He is the second of nine brothers, three of whom have died, two are in Australia and ftew Zealand, two.are living in the neighborhood ot Balmoral, and the youngest, Archie is' valet to our son Leopold, and is an excellent, trustworthy young man.” —Home News.