page_title: John Brown (1723–1808)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: John Brown (1723–1808) / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Ceremonial target donated by John Brpwn to the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society
context_page_description: John Brown was a Scottish-Danish merchant and ship-owner. He was a joint founder of John & David Brown in 1759. The company owned 17 ships in 1787 but was liquidated the following year. He was also active in the Danish Asiatic Company where he was a member of the board of directors from 1770–75 and from 1779–85. He was appointed as General War Commissioner in 1776. He was the second-largest landowner in Gentofte and owned Benzonseje from 1784 to 1788.
context_section_description: He married Anna Appleby (1738-1798) on 20 October 1756 in the German Reformed Church in Copenhagen. She was the daughter of Peter Applebye and Anna Pattridge.
   
  Brown was a member of the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society. He spent his last years at Maglegård where he had constructed a new main building. The estate was owned by one of his daughters. He died on the estate on 16 January 1808 and is buried in Applebye's Chapel in Frederick's German Church in Copenhagen.
caption: Ceremonial target donated by Brown to the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society
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