Surname: Brown Forename(s): James Walter Nationality: English.
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)