Early Life
Maitland Brown was born on 17 July 1843 at Grassdale near York, Western Australia. The son of Thomas Brown, he was educated by tutors, and in 1858 was apprenticed to his brother Kenneth at Glengarry. He was supposed to learn sheep farming, but was more interested in horse breeding.
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