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A young John Brown as sketched by Queen Victoria. Prince Albert's untimely death in 1861 was a shock from which Queen Victoria never fully recovered. John Brown became a friend and supported the Queen. Victoria was known to give him many gifts as well as creating two medals for him, the Faithful Servant Medal and the Devoted Service Medal.
- Ghillie & Personal Attendant
- 27 March 1883 (aged 56), Windsor Castle, England
- 8 December 1826, Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Crathie Kirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar 15, 2024 · John Brown (1827 - 1883), servant and confidant of Queen Victoria. W. & D. Downey/Getty. We know Queen Victoria was devoted to Prince Albert but did she really have an affair with a servant after his death?
Dec 5, 2022 · Period. Victorian. Queen Victoria and John Brown: the controversial relationship between sovereign and servant. How did John Brown become Queen Victoria’s favourite Highland servant, why was he so disliked by some but admired by others, and is there any foundation to the rumours about their personal connection?
- Freya Parr
Dec 6, 2016 · And now we can reveal what Queen Victoria really thought about her “heart’s best treasure” – the intense friendship she shared with Scottish ghillie John Brown.
Dec 8, 2020 · Queen Victoria first mentioned John Brown in her journal on 11 September 1849. Prince Albert also noticed John Brown, and he decided that he should ride on the box of the Queen’s carriage. By 1858, John was her regular attendant out of doors in the Highlands.
Oct 16, 2018 · John Brown served Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom as a ghillie at Balmoral (Scottish outdoor servant) from 1849 – 1861 and a personal attendant from 1861 – 1883. Born on December 8, 1826, in Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, John Brown was the second of eleven children of Scottish tenant farmer John Brown and his wife Margaret Leys.
Aug 29, 2014 · For more than a century, biographers have tried to fathom the improbable friendship Queen Victoria had with her Scottish servant John Brown. It has been posited as one of the great...
