William Brownlow (1755–1815)
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William Brownlow (1 September 1755 – 10 July 1815) of
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politician. He was the eldest son of
William Brownlow (1726–1794) William Brownlow PC (I) (10 April 1726 – 28 October 1794) of Lurgan, County Armagh was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life He was the only son of William Brownlow MP and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Aber ...
and his wife Judith Letitia Meredith from whom he inherited one of the largest landholdings in Armagh. He was pricked High Sheriff of Armagh in 1787 and succeeded his father as MP for County Armagh constituency in the
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between 1795 and 1797.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).
In 1807 he was elected as the Tory Member of Parliament for
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, sitting for the seat until his death in 1815. He founded, with three partners, the private bank of William Brownlow Esq., & Co. He married in 1803 Charity, the daughter of Matthew Ford of Seaford, but died childless in 1815. He was succeeded by his brother Charles, the father of Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan .


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