William Brownlow (1683 – 27 August 1739) was an Anglo-Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of Arthur Chamberlain Brownlow and Jane Hartstonge, daughter of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet of Bruff, County Limerick, a Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), and his first wife Elizabeth Jermyn of Gunton Hall, Norfolk. His father was the son of Patrick Chamberlain and Letitia Brownlow, and adopted his mother's family name on inheriting the estate of his grandfather, Sir William Brownlow, who married Eleanor O'Doherty, daughter of Sir Cahir O'Doherty.

William Brownlow (1683–1739)

He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Brownlow was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for County Armagh in 1711, and held the seat at subsequent elections until his death in 1739.

William Brownlow (1683–1739)

He married Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Elizabeth Reading; they had four daughters and one son, William, who would also become MP for Armagh.

William Brownlow (1683–1739)

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1683 births

1711 deaths

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Irish MPs 1703–1713

Irish MPs 1713–1714

Irish MPs 1715–1727

Irish MPs 1727–1760

Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies

Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

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