Poet. Alternative signature: “J. W. Brown.” From Cumberland, and wrote often about
Carlisle. Author of *Lyrics and Songs* (1893). The *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entries
list his address as 24 Portland Place, Carlisle (17 August 1878; NLS Dep 341/371),
Lismore St, Carlisle (21 January 1882; NLS Dep 341/369), 6 Lismore St, Carlisle (poem
published on 16 May 1891; NLS Dep 341/370). Additional biographical information: Reilly,
*Late Victorian Poetry*, p. 68. (AC)