Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet
Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666)[1] of Humby in Lincolnshire, was an English politician and barrister.
Origins[edit]
He was the second son of Richard Brownlow (1553–1638) of Belton in Lincolnshire, which manor he purchased, Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, by his wife Katharine Page, a daughter of John Page[2] of Wembley in Middlesex. His elder brother was Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c.1594-1679) of Belton,[2] who was created a baronet "of Belton" one day before himself.
Career[edit]
He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1610 or 1611.[citation needed] In 1617 Brownlow was called to the bar by the Inner Temple.[citation needed] Despite having been created by King Charles I a baronet, "of Humby, in the County of Lincoln", on 27 June 1641,[3] one day after the baronetcy of his elder brother, he became a Parliamentarian during the Civil War.[citation needed] From 1653 he sat in the Long Parliament for Lincolnshire.[citation needed]
Marriage and children[edit]
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 (d.1668) of Humby, who succeeded to the baronetcy.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 90.
- ^ Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 303.
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