James Brown
James Brown was father to Roberta who married BAJ Dunlop in 1916 and was thus grandfather of AHJ Dunlop.
James Brown was born in Cupar, Fife on 3 May 1856. As a child he moved to Beith, Ayrshire. He went to work in Glasgow as a printer and there he met Sarah Robertson. She fell pregnant and they married on 15 August 1879. Their son Edgar Allan was born on 29 January 1880. They lived separately until they moved together to Greenock (leaving Edgar to be brought up by Sarah’s parents, Edgar died in Eastbourne in 1925).
James took over as manager of the printing press of the Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. They had a further five children: Mary Anderson 8 May 1882, Archibald 26 October 1884, Margaret Hendry 29 July 1888, Jenny Paisley 22 January 1892 and Roberta R 13 December 1895. Jenny died aged 7 in 1899 and Archi was killed aged 20 as crew of the barque Inverkip which was sunk in a collision returning from Australia, south of Ireland in 1904.
Pa Brown with Jimmy and Pat c. 1929	Roberta went on to marry Bruce AJ Dunlop in 1916. Their son Alastair HJ appears to have been brought up by James and Sarah – he went to the local school in Greenock while his parents lived in India. By now they were living at 29 Jamaica Street in Greenock. This was where Alastair was born and the place he called home until he was commissioned and left for India himself.
James Brown was highly respected member of Telegraph staff and responsible for the “Children’s Corner”. He was a key member of the Evangelical Union Church in Greenock.
James died in 1930. Sarah died in 1941. Both Margaret (Aunt Meg) and Roberta died in their 50s.
Glasgow
But the late 1860s and first few years of the 1870s brought the century's biggest boom. With labour scarce, wages soared and workers were able to negotiate improvements in working conditions.  These were heady days, in which Glasgow ranked as one of the finest and richest cities in Europe and acclaimed as a model of organised industrial society. Grand public buildings and a host of museums, galleries and libraries were built. Glasgow had more parks and open spaces than any other similar European city, along with a regulated telephone system, water and gas supplies. Little wonder that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in 1857: "I am inclined to think that Glasgow is the stateliest city I ever beheld."
Brown family photos
James Brown obituary