Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan KP (10 April 1831 – 15 January 1882), was an

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politician. Lurgan was the son of

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, and his second wife Jane (née Macneill), and succeeded his father in the barony in 1847. He sat on the Liberal benches in the

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and served as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) from 1869 to 1874 in the first Liberal administration of

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. Between 1864 and 1882 he also held the honorary post of

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. In 1864 he was made a

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. Lord Lurgan married the Hon. Emily Anne, daughter of John Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine, in 1853. He died in January 1882, aged only 50, and was succeeded in the barony by his son

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. Lady Lurgan died in September 1929. Lurgan was the owner of the famous greyhound

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lurgan, Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron 1831 births 1882 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Knights of St Patrick Lord-Lieutenants of Armagh Eldest sons of British hereditary barons

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