Raymond Frederick Brown

In 1950 he and his partner George Calder 'Jock' Cunningham founded Racal (the name was formed using the first two letters of Brown's name and the first three letters of Calder Cunningham's name to create the name 'RA CAL'), which gradually grew to become a major supplier of military radios and telecommunications equipment with Brown as its Managing Director. Brown had previously worked for the electronics company Plessey and Cunningham was an ex-RAF Wing Commander.

In 1966, the year in which Ernest Harrison took over as chairman, Brown was asked to join the Ministry of Defence as 'Head of Defence Sales' in the newly created Defence Sales Organisation (DSO) set up by Denis Healey, the Secretary of State for Defence at the time (1964-1970). It was with the DSO that Brown was given wide latitude to promote British arms exports.

In 1985 the organisation became renamed as the Defence & Security Organisation although was eventually closed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2007.

Brown was married to Lady Carol Brown (born November, 1931). He purchased Witley Park between Godalming and Haselmere, Surrey in 1982, along with Lady Brown, where he lived until his death. In 2002 the Brown family sold the 450 acres of walled-off Parkland, Gate Lodges and Cottages, retaining Witley Park Farm to the south. It was in 2002 that Lady Brown resigned as Director of Witley Park Estates Limited. Ray Brown is buried nearby in the All Saints Churchyard, Witley, Surrey.