Tour Scotland Photograph Margaret Brown Gravestone Alyth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Margaret Brown gravestone in the old cemetery in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret Brown of Balloch who died January 25th, 1858, aged 58. The Scottish Lowland name of Brown achieved prominence in the early twelfth century in East Lothian. Sir David Le Brun was a witness to the laying of the foundation of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh in 1128. He had given lands to the abbey in return for prayers said for the health of his son. The chiefly family, the Brouns of Colstoun enjoyed considerable royal favor, which may have been because of their claimed descent from the royal house of France. The chief's arms even bear the three gold lilies of France. The family married into other noble families such as that of the chiefs of Clan Hay. During the Civil War, Sir John Brown of Fordell commanded the royalist army at the Battle of Inverkeithing in Fife in 1651. Patrick Broun of Colstoun was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1686.



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