I think you may be right and me wrong about my William Brown. Sorry! I ordered up the birth cert for 'my' Wm born 1866, and his father was Wiliam Brown too, and his mother Martha Adcock, both of Rutland. I found them on the 1881 census with Wm senior born about 1829, a railway labourer, with another son Arthur. My William was listed as Willie- hence my confusion! Is this father your William Fiddler Brown?
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Yes, the father is William Royce Brown (Fiddler Brown). He was in the Crimean war, I managed by some luck last year to get his 2 medals. He is buried in Oakham cemetary and had a military funeral through Oakham. I have a newspaper transcript of funeral and copy of a photo I got from others on this thread. I might try to see if there is any further info on him at PRO at Kew. I think your William was the only son of William Royce Brown to leave Rutland to go to London