| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| William Brownlow | |
| Honorific Suffix: | PC (I) |
| Constituency Mp: | County Armagh |
| Parliament: | Parliament of IrelandIreland |
| Term Start: | 1753 |
| Term End: | 1794 |
| Predecessor: | William Richardson Robert Cope |
| Successor: | William Richardson William Brownlow |
| Constituency Mp1: | Strabane |
| Parliament1: | Parliament of IrelandIreland |
| Term Start1: | 1768 |
| Term End1: | 1769 |
| Predecessor1: | George Montgomery John Stuart Hamilton |
| Successor1: | Claude Hamilton John Stuart Hamilton |
William Brownlow PC (I) (10 April 1726 – 28 October 1794)[1] of Lurgan, County Armagh was an Anglo-Irish politician.
He was the only son of William Brownlow MP and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn[1] and Elizabeth Reading.[2]
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.[1] He was also returned for the Strabane constituency in 1768, but was replaced in 1769.[3] He was an officer of the Irish Volunteers and one of the founding subscribers of the Bank of Ireland in 1783.[1] He was generally seen as a reformer, although there were allegations that he misused public funds to improve his demesne.[1]
He married firstly Judith Letitia Meredyth, daughter of the Reverend Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert, and had at least two sons and a daughter, including:
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:
William, his eldest son and heir, also became an MP for County Armagh and founded the bank of William Brownlow Esq.,& Co. Charles became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 57th Foot and succeeded his childless brother in 1815.[5] [6] Charles's son, also named Charles, became 1st Baron Lurgan.[4]