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Lurgan, Baron (UK, 1839 - 1991)

Creation: let.pat. 14 May 1839

Extinct: 17 Sep 1991

Family name: Brownlow

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Arms:

Per pale Or and Argent an Escutcheon within an Orle of Martlets Sable

Crest:

On a Chapeau Azure turned up Ermine a Greyhound statant Gules collared Or

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Greyhound Argent gorged with a Wreath of Shamrocks Vert;  Sinister: an Highland Soldier in full Uniform with his Firelock all proper

Motto:

 Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than seem to be)

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Charles [Brownlow], 1st Baron Lurgan, PC

2nd but 1st surv. son and heir of Lt Col Charles Brownlow, of Brownlow House, Lurgan, co. Armagh, by his wife Caroline Ashe, dau. and cohrss. of Benjamin Ashe, of Bath, co. Somerset

born

17 Apr 1795

mar. (1)

1 Jun 1822 his cousin Lady Mary Bligh (b. 1 Jun 1796; dspm. 18 Jun 1823), 2nd dau. of John [Bligh], 4th Earl of Darnley, by his wife Elizabeth Brownlow, 3rd dau. by his second wife of Rt Hon William Brownlow MP, of Lurgan, co. Armagh

only child by first wife

1. Hon Mary Elizabeth Brownlow (d. 30 Jul 1888), mar. 8 May 1848 Capt Robert Peel Dawson MP (d. 2 Sep 1877), 1st son of Rt Hon George Robert Dawson MP

mar. (2)

15 Jul 1828 Jane MacNeill (b. c. 1803; d. 6 Jan 1878), 4th dau. of Roderick MacNeill of Barra, by his wife Jane Cameron, dau. of Sir Ewan Cameron of Fassifern, 1st Bt.

children by second wife

1. Hon Charles Brownlow, later 2nd Baron Lurgan

2. Capt Hon Edward Brownlow (b. 14 Dec 1836 ; dsp. 17 Jan 1899), mar. 15 Oct 1861 Helene Clementina Hardy (d. 14 Mar 1906), 2nd dau. of John Hardy, HM Consul at St Iago de Cuba

2. Hon Clara Anna Jane Brownlow (d. 16 Dec 1883), mar. 26 Jun 1849 William Macdonald Macdonald, of St Martin's, co. Perth (d. 16 Feb 1893), and had issue

died

30 Apr 1847

created

14 May 1839 Baron Lurgan, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Member of Parliament for Co. Armagh 1818-32; Privy Councillor [I] 1837

Charles [Brownlow], 2nd Baron Lurgan, KP

born

10 Apr 1851

mar.

20 Jun 1853 Hon Emily Anne Browne (b. 14 Mar 1833; d. 29 Sep 1923), 4th dau. of John Cavendish [Browne], 3rd Baron Kilmaine, by his first wife Eliza Lyon, dau. of David Lyon, of Portland Place, Marylebone, co. Middlesex

children

1. Hon William Brownlow, later 3rd Baron Lurgan

2. Col Hon John Roderick Brownlow (b. 26 Nov 1865; d. 6 Aug 1932)

3. Hon Francis Cecil Brownlow (b. 22 Nov 1870; d. 21 Dec 1932), mar. 21 Jul 1909 Angela Platt, 1st dau. of Samuel Radcliffe Platt, of Werneth Park, co. Lancaster, and had issue:

1a. Francis William Brownlow (b. 29 Apr 1910; dvp. 2 May 1910)

2a. Lt Col John Desmond Cavendish Brownlow OBE, later 5th Baron Lurgan

3a. Roderick Cecil Brownlow (b. 5 Nov 1914; dvp. 12 Dec 1914)

1a. Hon Daphne Angela Brownlow, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of a Baron by Royal Licence 1986 (b. 31 Jan 1917), mar. 30 Jul 1942 Lt Col George Edward Brian Brazier-Creagh (d. 1993), 1st son of Col Kilner Charles Brazier-Creagh, of Stock Lodge, Ingatestone, co. Essex

1. Hon Mary Emily Jane Brownlow (d. 6 Feb 1917)

2. Hon Clara Agnes Brownlow (d. 6 Dec 1942), mar. 24 Oct 1887 Lt Col George Denham-Cookes (d. 4 Apr 1897), and had issue

3. Hon Louisa Helene Brownlow, Maid-of-Honour to Queen Victoria (d. 5 Dec 1922), mar. 19 Oct 1887 Sir Joshua Thellusson Rowley, 5th Bt., of Tendring Hall, co. Suffolk, and had issue

4. Hon Isabella Anna Brownlow (d. 15 Mar 1935), mar. 15 Jul 1889 Lt Col Henry Abel Smith, of Woodhall, co. Hertford (d. 10 Nov 1930), and had issue

5. Hon Clementina Georgiana Brownlow (d. 1 Sep 1929), mar. 26 Jul 1888 Edward Henry Loyd, of Langleybury, co. Hertford, and Cadogan Square, London (d. 6 Nov 1938), and had issue

6. Hon Emmeline Harriet Annette Brownlow

died

16 Jan 1882

suc. by

son

note

an officer in the 76th Regiment of Foot 1849-52; Knight of St Patrick 1864; Lord Lieutenant of Co. Armagh 1864-82; a Lord-in-Waiting (Liberal) 1869-74

William [Brownlow], 3rd Baron Lurgan, KCVO

born

11 Feb 1858

mar.

7 Feb 1893 Lady Emily Julia Cadogan (b. 11 Apr 1871; d. 12 Dec 1909), 1st dau. of George Henry [Cadogan], 5th Earl Cadogan, by his wife Lady Beatrix Jane Craven, 4th dau. of William [Craven], 2nd Earl of Craven

only child

1. Hon William George Edward Brownlow, later 4th Baron Lurgan

died

9 Feb 1937

suc. by

son

note

State Steward to the Viceroy of Ireland 1895-1905; KCVO 1903

William George Edward [Brownlow], 4th Baron Lurgan

born

22 Feb 1902

mar.

1979 (Florence) May Cooper (widow of Eric Cooper, of Johannesburg, South Africa), dau. of Louis Francis Squire Webster, of Johannesburg, South Africa

died

s.p. 30 Jan 1984

suc. by

cousin

note

John Desmond Cavendish [Brownlow], 5th Baron Lurgan, OBE

born

26 Jun 1911

died

17 Sep 1991

note

On the death of the 5th Baron Lurgan the Barony of Lurgan became extinct.

 First written 26 Jun 2004

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