William Brownlow (1683 – 27 August 1739) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the eldest son of Arthur Chamberlain Brownlow and Jane Hartstonge, daughter of

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of Bruff,

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, a Baron of the

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, and his first wife Elizabeth Jermyn of Gunton Hall, Norfolk. His father was the son of Patrick Chamberlain and Letitia Brownlow, and adopted his mother's family name on inheriting the estate of his grandfather, Sir William Brownlow, who married Eleanor O'Doherty, daughter of Sir

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. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Brownlow was elected to the

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as the

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for Armagh County in 1711, and held the seat at subsequent elections until his death in 1739.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.74 (Retrieved 26 February 2016). He married Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of

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and Elizabeth Reading; they had four daughters and one son,

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, who would also become MP for Armagh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brownlow, William 1683 births 1711 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people

Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin