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Brownlow Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Brownlow family, both in the Baronetage of England. Both titles are now extinct. The Brownlow Baronetcy, of Belton in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of England on 26 July 1641 for John Brownlow. The title became extinct on his death in 1679. The Brownlow Baronetcy, of Humby in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of England on 27 July 1641 for William Brownlow. He was the younger brother of the 1st Baronet of Belton, created a baronet one day before. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Tyrconnel. The ancestral seat of the Brownlow family was Belton House in Lincolnshire, built by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet, of Humby (1659–1697) Brownlow baronets, of Belton (1641) *Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1678) Brownlow baronets, of Humby (1641) *see Viscount Tyrconnel See also *Baron Brownlow *Baron Lurgan, held by the Brownlows of Lurgan, County Armagh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belton House South Elevation
Belton may refer to: People * Belton Richard (1939–2017), Cajun musician * Belton (surname), various people Places Canada * Belton, Ontario United Kingdom * Belton, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire * Belton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire ** Belton House, a National Trust property ** RAF Belton Park * Belton, Leicestershire * Belton, Norfolk * Belton-in-Rutland United States * Belton, Kentucky * Belton, Missouri * Belton, Montana, known today as West Glacier * Belton, South Carolina * Belton, Texas Other * ''Belton v. Gebhart'', one of the cases which were combined into ''Brown v. Board of Education'' * ''New York v. Belton ''New York v. Belton'', 453 U.S. 454 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a police officer has made a lawful custodial arrest of the occupant of an automobile, the officer may, as a contemporaneous incid ...'', a 1981 United States Supreme Court cases concerning search and seizure * HMS ''Belton'' (M1199) S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet
Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666) of Humby in Lincolnshire, was an English politician and barrister. Origins He was the second son of Richard Brownlow (1553–1638) of Belton in Lincolnshire, which manor he purchased, Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, by his wife Katharine Page, a daughter of John Page of Wembley in Middlesex. His elder brother was Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c.1594-1679) of Belton, who was created a baronet "of Belton" one day before himself. Career He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1610 or 1611. In 1617 Brownlow was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. Despite having been created by King Charles I a baronet, "of Humby, in the County of Lincoln", on 27 June 1641, one day after the baronetcy of his elder brother, he became a Parliamentarian during the Civil War. From 1653 he sat in the Long Parliament for Lincolnshire. Marriage and children In about 1624 he married Eliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Tyrconnel
Viscount Tyrconnel was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1718 for Sir John Brownlow, 5th Baronet, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Lincolnshire. He was made Baron Charleville, in the County of Cork, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The Brownlow Baronetcy, of Humby in the County of Lincolnshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 27 July 1641 for William Brownlow. His grandson, the third Baronet, represented Grantham in Parliament. The latter had no surviving male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Peterborough and Bishop's Castle. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fifth Baronet, who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Tyrconnel. The three titles became extinct on Lord Tyrconnel's death in 1754. The Brownlow estates were passed on to the late Viscount's nephew, Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, whose son was created Baron Brownlow in 1776. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belton House
Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1688 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park. Belton has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had produced since the Tudor period.Nicolson, 148. It is considered to be a complete example of a typical English country house. For about three centuries until 1984, Belton House was the seat successively of the Brownlow family, which had first acquired land in the area in the late 16th century, and of its heirs the Cust family (in 1815 created Earl Brownlow). Despite his great wealth Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet, chose to build a comparatively modest house rather than one of the grand Baroque palaces being built by others at the time. The contempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north-west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is Lincoln, where the county council is also based. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire consists of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and most is in the East Midlands region. The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use. The county is fourth-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet (26 June 1659 – 16 July 1697) of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was an English member of parliament. He built the grand mansion of Belton House, which survives today. He was born on 26 June 1659, the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet of Humby, Lincolnshire, by his wife Elizabeth Freke, a daughter of John Freke of Stretton in Dorset. He was educated at Westminster School. In 1668 he succeeded his father as the 3rd baronet, of Humby, and in 1679 he inherited the estate of Belton, with others, from his childless great-uncle Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet. He built the present Belton House between 1685 and 1687, creating new gardens and lakes. In 1686 he was Treasurer of the Marshalsea and in 1688 was appointed Sheriff of Lincolnshire. In 1689 he was elected as a member of parliament for Grantham, a seat he held until his early death in 1697. In 1676 he married Alice Sherard (died 1721), a daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Brownlow
Baron Brownlow, of Belton, South Kesteven, Belton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1776 for Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet. The Cust family descends from Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet, Richard Cust (1622-1700) of The Black Friars, Stamford, who represented Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency), Lincolnshire and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency), Stamford in Parliament. In 1677 he was created a baronet, "of Stamford in the County of Lincoln". He was succeeded by his grandson Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet, who married Anne Brownlow, daughter of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet, "of Great Humby, Humby", Lincolnshire, and sister and sole heiress of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel, 5th Baronet of Belton House, Lincolnshire. The 2nd Baronet's son Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for Grantham (UK Parliament constituency), Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Lurgan
Baron Lurgan, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1839 for Charles Brownlow, who had previously represented Armagh in the House of Commons. His son, the 2nd Baron, served as a Government Whip from 1869 to 1874 in the first Liberal administration of William Gladstone and was also Lord Lieutenant of Armagh. The title became extinct in 1991 on the death of the latter's great-grandson, the 5th Baron. Barons Lurgan (1839) *Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan PC (17 April 1795 – 30 April 1847), was an Anglo-Irish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1832 and was raised to the peerage in 1839. Life Brownlow was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charl ... (1795–1847) * Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan (1831–1882) * William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858–1937) * William George Edward Brownlow, 4th Baron Lurgan (1902–1984) * John Desmond Cavendish Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lurgan
Lurgan () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh. Lurgan is about south-west of Belfast and is linked to the city by both the M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin railway line. It had a population of about 25,000 at the 2011 Census and is within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district. For some purposes, Lurgan is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area" along with neighbouring Craigavon and Portadown. Lurgan is characteristic of many Plantation of Ulster settlements, with its straight, wide planned streets. It is the site of a number of historic listed buildings including Brownlow House and Lurgan Town Hall. Lurgan Park is the largest urban park in Northern Ireland. Historically the town was known as a major centre for the production of textiles (mainly linen) after the industrial revolution and it continued to be a major producer of textiles until that industry steadily declined in the late 20th century. The develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Armagh
County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 175,000. County Armagh is known as the "Orchard County" because of its many apple orchards. The county is part of the historic province of Ulster. Etymology The name "Armagh" derives from the Irish word ' meaning "height" (or high place) and '. is mentioned in '' The Book of the Taking of Ireland'', and is also said to have been responsible for the construction of the hill site of (now Navan Fort near Armagh City) to serve as the capital of the kings (who give their name to Ulster), also thought to be 's ''height''. Geography and features From its highest point at Slieve Gullion, in the south of the county, Armagh's land falls away from its rugged south with Carrigatuke, Lislea and Camlough mountains, to rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownlow Family
Brownlow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baron Brownlow, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain * Brownlow baronets, two Baronetcies * Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844–1921), British soldier and politician * Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan (1795–1847), Anglo-Irish politician * Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan (1831–1882), Anglo-Irish politician * Charles Henry Brownlow (1831–1916), senior Indian Army officer * Chas Brownlow (1861–1924), Australian rules football administrator for whom the Brownlow Medal is named * David Brownlow, sound engineer * Kevin Brownlow (born 1938), British filmmaker and film historian * Louis Brownlow (1879–1963), American political scientist and consultant on public administration; chairman of the Brownlow Committee * Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899–1978), British peer * Richard Brownlow (1553–1638), Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster * Walter P. Brownlow (185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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