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Eldred Roberts Brown was baptised at Egloshayle Parish Church on November 30th 1809. He was one of the sons of Mr William Brown and Miss Juliana Roberts, daughter of Mr Eldred Roberts, who had married at Creed, in Cornwall, on November 29th 1808. By 1841 he had become a clerk to Mr John Burnell, who had been running a grocery business at number 4 Bilbury Street, Plymouth, since 1797. In 1846 Mr Burnell took Mr Eldred Roberts Brown into partnership, along with Mr Thomas Nicholson, and the grocery business became known as Messrs Burnell, Brown and Nicholson. When Mr Burnell retired in 1853, they joined in to a partnership with Messrs Daniel Millward and Joseph Wills at The Abbey, Finewell Street. The business then became known as Messrs Brown, Wills and Nicholson. With Mr Thomas Nicholson, he helped to found the Catte Street Ragged School. By 1878 the business was at The Abbey in Finewell Street, Plymouth. As Joseph Wills had died in March 1872 and the family had no further part in the business. Mr Eldred Roberts Brown died on February 4th 1885 after what was described as 'five years of patient suffering'. He was 75 years of age. He had no family. He was succeeded in the what was by now the wholesale provision merchants, tea dealers and grocery business by his two nephews, Mr Joseph Pearce Brown and Mr John Brown.
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