Gordon Brown

This article is about the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. For the rugby union player of the same name, see Gordon Brown (rugby player)

Early and private life

Brown was born in Glasgow and educated at Kirkcaldy High School. His father, John, was a Church of Scotland minister. While at school he suffered detached retinas in a rugby accident and despite a series of operations he is blind in his left eye. Brown studied History at Edinburgh University, where he gained First Class Honours and then a Doctorate.

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Glasgow - Kirkcaldy High School - Church of Scotland - Detached retina - Rugby - Blind - Edinburgh University - Doctorate

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Even before entering Parliament, Brown had achieved some renown: he was elected Rector of Edinburgh University and Chairman of the University Court while still a student, and edited "The Red Paper on Scotland". Brown lectured at that university and then at Caledonian University before working as a journalist at Scottish Television. In 1986, he wrote a biography of the Independent Labour Party politician James Maxton.

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Parliament - Rector - Caledonian University - Scottish Television - 1986 - Biography - Independent Labour Party - James Maxton

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Brown married Sarah Macaulay at his home in North Queensferry, Fife, on August 3, 2000, after a four-year courtship. Mrs. Brown is a public relations executive and was, until 2001, Chief Executive of Hobsbawm Macaulay, the consultancy she owned with Julia Hobsbawm. On December 28, 2001, a daughter Jennifer Jane was born prematurely; Jennifer Jane died on January 8, 2002. Their second child, a son John, was born on October 17, 2003.

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North Queensferry - Fife - August 3 - 2000 - December 28 - 2001 - January 8 - 2002 - October 17 - 2003

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