Brownlow Explained

Brownlow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Baron Brownlow, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
• Brownlow baronets, two Baronetcies
• Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844–1921), British soldier and politician
• Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan (1795–1847), Anglo-Irish politician
• Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan (1831–1882), Anglo-Irish politician
• Charles Henry Brownlow (1831–1916), senior Indian Army officer
• Chas Brownlow (1861–1924), Australian rules football administrator for whom the Brownlow Medal is named
• David Brownlow, sound engineer
• James P. Brownlow (1842–1879), American military officer and railway superintendent
• John Bell Brownlow (1839–1922), American political staffer
• Kevin Brownlow (born 1938), British filmmaker and film historian
• Louis Brownlow (1879–1963), American political scientist and consultant on public administration; chairman of the Brownlow Committee
• Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899–1978), British peer
• Richard Brownlow (1553–1638), Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster
• Walter P. Brownlow (1851–1910), American politician
• William Brownlow (1726–1794), Anglo-Irish politician
• William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877), American journalist, clergyman and politician

Fictional characters:

• Mr. Brownlow, from Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
• Charles Brownlow (The Bill), from the TV series The Bill

See also

• Brownlow, West Virginia
• Brownlow Committee, a 1937 American committee on government administration, chaired by Louis Brownlow
• Brownlow Medal, an award in the Australian Football league, named for Chas Brownlow
• Brownlow, Cheshire, a United Kingdom location
  • Brownlow, St Helens, a United Kingdom location Brownlow, South Australia, a locality in Australia
• Brownlow KI, South Australia, a locality on Kangaroo Island in Australia