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Brownlow of Humby, co. Lincoln (E Baronet, 1641 - 1754)

Creation: let.pat. 27 Jul 1641

Extinct: 27 Feb 1754

Family name: Brownlow

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Arms:

Or an Inescutcheon within an Orle of Martlets Sable

Crest:

On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Greyhound statant Or

Motto:

Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)

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Sir William Brownlow, 1st Bt.

yr. brother of Sir John Brownlow, 1st Bt., of Belton, co. Lincoln, and 2nd son of Richard Brownlow, of Kirby Underwood, co. Lincoln, Chief Prothonotary of the Common Pleas, by his wife Katharine Page, dau. of John Page, of Wembley, co. Middlesex

born

c. 1595

mar.

in or before 1624 Elizabeth Duncombe (b. 1601; d. 1666), dau. and cohrss. of William Duncombe, of Great Brickhill, co. Buckingham, haberdasher of London, by his wife Agnes Bennet, dau. of Sir Thomas Bennet, Lord Mayor of London 1603-04

children

1. Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt.

2. William Brownlow, of Snarford, co. Lincoln (b. 1633; d. 1675)

1. Elizabeth Brownlow, mar. Sir Charles Hussey, 1st Bt., of Caythorpe, co. Lincoln, and had issue

died

1666

created

27 Jul 1641 Baronet of England, styled "of Humby, co. Lincoln"

suc. by

son

note

barrister, Inner Temple 1917; Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1653

Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt.

born

1628

mar.

Elizabeth Freke (b. 1634; d. 2 Feb 1683/4; bur. at Somerby, co. Lincoln), dau. of John Freke, of Ewern Courtenay, co. Dorset, by his second wife Jane Shirley, dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Shirley, of Ifield, co. Sussex

children

1. Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt.

2. Sir William Brownlow, 4th Bt.

died

30 Aug 1668 (bur. at Rippingale, co. Lincoln)

suc. by

son

Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt.

born

26 Jun 1659

mar.

27 Mar 1676 his second cousin Alice Sherard (b. 1659; d. 27 Jun 1721), sister of Sir John Sherard, 1st Bt., of Lobthorpe, co. Lincoln, and 1st dau. of Richard Sherard, of Lobthorpe, co. Lincoln (by his wife Margaret Dewe, dau. of Lumley Dewe, of Bishop Upton, co. Hereford), only son of John Sherard, of Lobthorpe, co. Lincoln, by his second wife Elizabeth Brownlow, 3rd dau. of Richard Brownlow, of Kirby Underwood, co. Lincoln, Chief Prothonotary of the Common Pleas

children

1. Elizabeth Brownlow (b. 18 May 1681; d. 28 Nov 1723), mar. 19 Sep 1699 as his second wife John [Cecil], 6th Earl of Exeter, and had issue

2. Alicia Brownlow (b. 1684; d. 22 Aug 1727), mar. c. 8 Jul 1703 as his second wife Francis [North], 2nd Baron Guilford, and had issue

3. Jane Brownlow (b. 1689; d. 26 Aug 1736), mar. Jun 1711 Peregrine [Bertie], 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, and had issue

4. Eleanor Brownlow (b. 1691; dsp. 11 Sep 1730), mar. 12 Aug 1712 as his first wife her cousin John [Brownlow], 1st Viscount Tyrconnel

died

s.p.m. 16 Jul 1697 (bur. at Belton, co. Lincoln)

suc. by

brother

note

inherited the Belton, co. Lincoln, estates of the death of his great-uncle, Sir John Brownlow, 1st Bt., in 1679; Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1688-89; Member of Parliament for Grantham 1689-90, 1690-95 and 1695-97

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Bt.

born

5 Nov 1665

mar. (1)

Dorothy Mason (b. c. 1655; d. 13 Jan 1699/1700), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Richard Mason, of Sutton, co. Surrey, Clerk of the Green Cloth, by his wife Anne Margaret Long, dau. of Sir James Long, of Draycott, co. Wiltshire

children by first wife

1. Richard Brownlow (b. 20 May 1689; dvp. 10 Mar 1689/90)

2. Sir John Brownlow, 5th Bt., later 1st Viscount Tyrconnel

3. William Brownlow (b. c. Jul 1699; d. 28 Jul 1726)

1. Anne Brownlow (b. 1694; d. 29 Dec 1779), mar. 1717 Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt., of Pinchbeck, co. Lincoln, and had issue

mar. (2)

Henrietta Brett (b. 1681; d. 1718)

died

6 Mar 1700/1

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1689-90, 1690-95 and 1695-98 and for Bishop's Castle 1698-1700

Sir John Brownlow, 5th Bt., later 1st Viscount Tyrconnel

created

23 Jun 1718 Baron Charleville, of Charleville in the County of Cork, and Viscount Tyrconnel, with a special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brother, William Brownlow, in like manner

The Baronetcy of Brownlow of Humby was held by the 1st Viscount Tyrconnel from 22 Jun 1718 until his death on 27 Feb 1754 when both the Viscountcy of Tyrconnel and the Baronetcy of Brownlow of Humby became extinct. The Belton Hall estate was inherited by his only surviving sister, Anne, widow of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt. Her grandson and heir, Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Bt., was created Baron Brownlow on 20 May 1776.

 First written 20 Apr 2006

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