Old Photograph Knockbrex House Scotland

Old photograph of Knockbrex House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A plain neo Georgian manor house built in 1900 for the Manchester businessman James Brown and remodelled early 19th century. Although he lived in Manchester and ran his business there, he had family roots in south-west Scotland.

Brown is an English language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English speaking countries. It is the second most common surname in Canada and Scotland, third most common in Australia and fourth most common in England and the United States. It is particularly clustered in southern Scotland.



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