Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666) of Humby in Lincolnshire, was an

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politician and barrister.

Origins

He was the second son of

Richard Brownlow Richard Brownlow (1553–1638) of Belton, South Kesteven, Belton in Lincolnshire, was a lawyer who served as Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas (England), Court of Common Pleas. Origins He was born on 2 April 1553 and was baptised ...

(1553–1638) of Belton in Lincolnshire, which manor he purchased, Chief

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of the

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, by his wife Katharine Page, a daughter of John Page of

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in Middlesex. His elder brother was

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 wh ...

(c.1594-1679) of Belton, who was created a baronet "of Belton" one day before himself.

Career

He was educated at

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, where he graduated with a

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in 1610 or 1611. In 1617 Brownlow was

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by the

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. Despite having been created by King Charles I a

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, "of Humby, in the County of

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", on 27 June 1641, one day after the baronetcy of his elder brother, he became a Parliamentarian during the

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. From 1653 he sat in the

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for

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 ...

Marriage and children

In about 1624 he married Elizabeth Duncombe, daughter of William Duncombe, and had by her a daughter and a son: *

Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet (died 1668) of Humby in Lincolnshire, was a landowner. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666) of Humby, younger brother of Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1594 ...

(d.1668) of Humby, who succeeded to the baronetcy.

References

1590s births 1666 deaths Alumni of St Mary Hall, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England

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