St. Giles' CathedralNew North Free Church, Edinburgh, now the Bedlam Theatre15 Buccleuch Place in Edinburgh
He was born in Aberdeen on 21 August 1806, the youngest of five sons of Alexander Brown, a bookseller and twice Lord Provost of Aberdeen, himself son of Rev William Brown of Craigdam.[2] His mother was Catharine Chalmers. His older brothers included David Brown.
He studied at Marischal College and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Aberdeen in December 1830.[3]
In the Disruption of 1843 he left the established Church of Scotland to join the Free Church of Scotland. He then became minister of the New North Free church in Edinburgh, originally housed in Brighton Stret Chapel then moving to a purpose built church at the junction of Forrest Road and Bristo Place. He then lived in a flat at 15 Buccleuch Place, near George Square, Edinburgh.[7] The church was completed in 1849 and he remained there all his life. It was designed by Thomas Hamilton.[8] It is now known as the Bedlam Theatre.[9]
Church Establishments Defended with Special Referment to the Church of Scotland in Glasgow (1833)[11]
Rights of the Christian People in the Appointment of Their Ministers (1834) relating to the "Auchterarder Question"
Lectures on Protestantism (1837)
State of Religion in the Land (1844)
Restraing of Spiritual Intercourse in Families (1855)
The Divine Glory of Christ (1868)[12]
The Ministry: Addresses to Students of Divinity
The Word of Life (1874)
Family
He married 28 January 1834, Jane Bannatyne Wright, who died 12 November 1895, and had issue—
Alexander, born 2 January 1835
John Wright, born 19 December 1836, died 23 March 1863
Margaret Lanes, born 28 September 1837, died 13 June 1853
Catharine Chalmers, born 30 September 1838, died 28 February 1859
Charles John, born 14 May 1841
Ross, born 17 June 1845
David, born 10 November 1846
Andrew Howden, born 31 March 1848
Robert Wright, born 14 August 1850
Thomas Chalmers, born 10 May 1852, died 28 January 1853
Jane Elizabeth, born 3 April 1855 Dyson Weston in London[3]
References
Citations
^Wylie 1881.
^"The Divine Glory of Christ by Charles John Brown". Trinity Book Service. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ a b c dScott 1915.
^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1835
^Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
^Scott 1920.
^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1845
^Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh; Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David
^"Bedlam Theatre". bedlamtheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^"Rev. Dr Charles John Brown, 1806 - 1884. Of West St Giles, Edinburgh; Free Church minister". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^Brown 1833.
^Brown 1868.
Sources
Brown, Charles John (1833). Church Establishments Defended: With Special Reference to the Church of Scotland. Glasgow: M. Ogle.
Brown, Charles John (1868). The divine glory of Christ. London: T. Nelson & Son.
Brown, Thomas (1883). Annals of the disruption. Edinburgh: Macniven & Wallace. p. 538 et passim.
Scott, Hew (1915). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 148. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Scott, Hew (1920). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 390. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Wylie, James Aitken, ed. (1881). Disruption worthies : a memorial of 1843, with an historical sketch of the free church of Scotland from 1843 down to the present time. Edinburgh: T. C. Jack. pp. 65–72. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.