William Brownlow

William Brownlow PC (I) (10 April 1726 – 28 October 1794) of Lurgan, County Armagh was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Early life He was the only son of William Brownlow MP and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn

Career Brownlow served as High Sheriff of Armagh for 1750 and was first elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Armagh in 1753, styled The Right Honourable and holding the seat until his death. He was an officer of the Irish Volunteers and one of the founding subscribers of the Bank of Ireland in 1783.

He married secondly Catherine Hall, daughter of Roger Hall of Mount Hall, County Down, and the former and Catherine Savage. Together, they had at least six further children, including:

Elizabeth Brownlow (d. 1831), who married John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley, in 1791. Charles's son, also named Charles, became 1st Baron Lurgan.