Thanks to Nancy Binder for the scan of John Brown's tombstone. She notes that this stone was much better preserved and better cared for than any other in the graveyard at Crathie Church, near Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The copy on the stone reads:
    This stone is erected in Affectionate and Grateful Remembrance of John Brown the Devoted and Faithful Personal Attendant and Beloved Friend of Queen Victoria In Whose Service he had been for 34 years. Born at Crathienaird 8th December 1826, Died at Windsor Castle 27th March 1883. “That friend on whose fidelity you count, that friend given you by circumstances over which you have no control was God’s own gift.” ----- “Well done good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things. I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of the Lord.”

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