Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet


Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet 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 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, 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 of Belton.

Marriages and children

He married twice:
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.