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Guy James Brownlow (26 December 1883 – 19 January 1960) was a

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officer. Brownlow was born in

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, Ireland, the eldest son of William Claude Brabazon Brownlow JP and Janet Georgina Orme. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and the

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. He was commissioned into the

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

in 1903. Brownlow attained the rank of captain in 1913. He fought in the

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and was mentioned in dispatches three times. In 1915, he was decorated as a Companion of the

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. Following the war, Brownlow left the army with the rank of colonel. He was

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in 1945 and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant in

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in 1946. Two of his great-great-grandfathers were the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow and

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. Brownlow married Elinor Scott, the daughter of Colonel George Scott (

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), on 19 August 1920. They had three children: # Colonel William Stephen Brownlow (b.1921) #James Christy Brownlow (b.1922) #Anne Brownlow (b.1928), married

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In the 1930s Brownlow lived at Hays, in the village of

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, Wiltshire.http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Sedgehill/Sedgehill-Kellys-Directory-1931.pdf He later lived at

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, County Down until his death in 1960.

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