# John Brown — Queen Victoria character guide

> John Brown in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brown

**First appearance:** 0039-vii-widowhood

## Who they are

Victoria's loyal Scottish servant and close companion in her widowhood.

## Relationships

### [Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/characters/queen_victoria)

_friendship_

Victoria's devoted Scottish servant and close companion after Albert's death, providing emotional support and loyalty.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/ii)

Serves as a gillie during expeditions, once accidentally calls Victoria 'Your Majesty' while they are traveling incognito.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/i)

The Queen's devoted personal attendant; she relies on him for physical and emotional support, and he is linked in her mind to Prince Albert.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/ii)

Victoria's loyal servant, who died in 1883 and had previously seized an assailant in 1872.

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