Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet

English baronet
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish baronet
A.K.A.William Brownlow
A.K.A.William Brownlow
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasPolitician Noble
Work fieldRoyals Politics
Gender
Male
Birth5 November 1665
Death6 March 1701 (aged 35 years)
Star signScorpio
Family
Mother:Elizabeth Freke
Father:Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt.
Siblings:Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet
Children:John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel Anne Brownlow Richard Brownlow Dorothy Brownlow William Brownlow
The details

Biography

Arms of Brownlow: Or, an escutcheon within an orle of martlets sable
Dorothy Mason (d. 1700), first wife of Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet. Portrait by Godfrey Kneller

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet (5 November 1665 – 6 March 1701) of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was an English Member of Parliament.

Origins

He was the younger son of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Baronet (died 1668) of Humby in Lincolnshire, by his wife Elizabeth Freke, a daughter of John Freke of Stretton in Dorset.

Career

He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. In 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Peterborough in Lincolnshire, a seat he held until 1698, and then represented Bishop's Castle from 1698 to 1700. In 1697 he succeeded his elder brother Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet (1659-1697), builder of the surviving Belton House, who committed suicide, as the 4th Baronet, and inherited his estates including Belton, which the 3rd Baronet had inherited from their childless great uncle Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1678) of Belton.

Marriages and children

He married twice:

Death and burial

He died in March 1701, aged only 35, and was succeeded by his son from his first marriage John Brownlow, 5th Baronet, who in 1718 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Viscount Tyrconnel.

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