Brown, David

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Born 1734 in Dalkeith in Scotland. Died 1804 in Elsinore. (PHT 1940:102)

Family
First wife: Fenwick, Anna (1741-1776). (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1927:531)

Second wife: Forbes, Mary (1752-1826). (Hist. Medd. Kbh 1927:531)

Brother: Brown, John

Timeline
Russian Agent, Governor of Tranquebar, merchant in Copenhagen and Arkivar at Øresunds Toldkammer. (PHT 1940:102)

1759 - Partnered with his brother Brown, John and founded the trading House of John & David Brown. (Marcussen)

1772 - Listed as subscribent, i.e. contributor, to a reprint of Ludvig Holberg’s comic epos Peder Paars, where he is listed as "agent" (Holberg, Peder Paars, 1772)