Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet

Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet of Humby (c. 1595–1666)^[1] was an English politician and barrister.

He was the second son of Richard Brownlow and his wife Katharine Page, daughter of John Page.^[2] His older brother was Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet of Belton.^[2] He was educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1610 or 1611.^[3] In 1617, Brownlow was called to the bar by the Inner Temple.^[3] Despite having been created a Baronet, of Humby, in the County of Lincoln on 27 June 1641,^[4] he was a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.^[3] From 1653, Brownlow sat in the Long Parliament for Lincolnshire.^[3]

Around 1624, he married Elizabeth Duncombe, daughter of William Duncombe, and had by her a daughter and a son, Richard, who succeeded to the baronetcy.^[3]

References

↑ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 6 August 2009.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 5 "ThePeerage - Sir William Brownlow, 1st Bt". Retrieved 26 February 2007.
↑ 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.

Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Humby) 1641–1666	Succeeded by Richard Brownlow

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[1] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 6 August 2009.

[Burke-2] 1 2 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.

[ThePeerage-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "ThePeerage - Sir William Brownlow, 1st Bt". Retrieved 26 February 2007.

[4] 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.