James Wyld Brown was born in London in 1855, youngest son of John Wyld Brown and Mary Mackellar. He Attended Highgate School London. Left 1873. Qualified as a barrister St. Johns College, Oxford, but did not practice. Known to have lived at Eastrop Grange, Highworth, Wiltshire, at one time.
Married 1884 Oct/Nov/Dec Kensington, record 1a 110. Wife given on 1891 census as Primor Marinnor Brown, age 29 at the time, born Ballantine, Scotland. (I discovered later that her full name was actually Primrose Mariane Rosse Kennedy - see further on). Living in the Hamlet of Liscombe, Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard, Bucks. Children as of 1891 census:
as of 1901 census, a James W Brown shown as living at 52 Liscombe Park, Soulbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, living on own means, born London Kensington. Wife aged 39 shown as Primirsi M A Brown, born Scotland.
Children shown:
Nick Tranter tells me that in 1901 Gerald D and (now) Hew J were at Harrow School aged 14 and 15.
Primrose May Brown married Sir Evelyn Evans, Bart, known to my father as "Tubby Evans". The name "Tubby" was to do with the fact that he was the third Evans Baronet of Tubbendeny. He was not fat! Primrose May / Mary Brown died probably in the early 1950's. (This would also suggest name was Primrose not Primirsi or Primor). My father tells me they had no children. FreeBMD records show that she was married to an Evelyn Ward Evans, Jul-Sep 1909, Swindon, Vol 5a Page 9. He was born in 1883 and died in 1970 according to a Wikipedia entry. Apparently he attended Harrow School which might explain how he became acquainted with the family.
I found this entry in the National Archives of Scotland:
RefNo Title Date
GD60 Papers of the Family of Bennan and Finnarts 1451-1926
CountryCode GB
RepCode 234
RefNo GD60/198
Repository National Archives of Scotland
Title Agreement between Roland Fergussone Kennedy, Primrose Marion Rosse Kennedy, his sister, and wife of James Wyld Brown, and Gilbert Henrie Hew Kennedy, his brother, who is to come of age on 24 December next, for division of the funds bequeathed by their father the deceased Hew Kennedy and of funds due under his marriage contract, the validity of his will being in doubt and all his trustees but one being dead. Katherine Kennedy, the remaining child of the said Hew, died on 16 October 1882. Roland is to have £1000 and the remainder is to be divided equally between Primrose and Gilbert (who is about to proceed to Beunos Aires)
Date 14 Apr-7 May 1885
Description Signed by the parties respectively at Big Springs, Texas, at Broughton Lodge, Brackley, and at Ayr.
Primrose Mariane Rosse Kennedy (as her name is given in the Register of Corrected Entries) was born in Ballantrae, Ayr on 11th April 1861. Her father was Hew Fergussone Kennedy, and mother Marianne Bell. The family were Fergussone Kennedy of Bennane. There is a connection with the Earls of Cassilis.
It is interesting to note that James Wyld Brown's brother Claud Brown, my great grandfather, also married into a family of Kennedys with an ostensible connection to the Earls of Cassilis. His wife's mother was a Kennedy, Mary Emily Kennedy.
It is also interesting to note that my grandfather called his first two sons (by his first wife) Patrick Douglas and Kenneth Francis. The names Douglas, Kenneth and Francis all appear in this family.
To summarise, the children of James Wyld Brown and Primrose Mariane Rosse Kennedy were:
Here are some possible and likely name spelling variations for the mother:
My name is Alasdair Broun and I was born and brought up in Scotland, son of a clergyman and a freelance journalist. I took up genealogy as a hobby when I was 17 and I went on to write a PhD thesis in philosophical psychology ... more >
Content copyright © 2006 Alasdair Broun, webmaster and site author, Skye Website Services. All rights reserved.
You are very welcome to quote short excerpts in appropriate contexts, without permission, if you refer to the source by providing links to the relevant pages on my site.
Web design copyright © 2006 Red Kite Internet All rights reserved.
