Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet
Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1594–24 November 1679) of Belton, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was twice Sheriff of Lincolnshire and on 26 July 1641 was created a baronet "of Belton in the County of Lincoln". He died without progeny when his baronetcy became extinct. His monument survives in Belton Church, showing half statues of himself and his wife finely sculpted in white marble. Origins He was born about 1594, the eldest son and heir of Richard Brownlow (1553–1638) of Belton in Lincolnshire, Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, by his wife Katherine Page, daughter of John Page of Wembley, Middlesex, a Master in Chancery and one of the first governors of Harrow School. His younger brother was Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666) of Humby, Lincolnshire, who on 27 July 1641, one day after his brother's baronetcy, was also created a baronet, "of Humby in the County of Lincoln", whose great-grandson John Brownlow, 5th Baronet (1690–1754) ...
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