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BROUNCKER — BROWNLOW. 39 III. 1 684, J. Henry (Brouncker), Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (.„ and Baron Brouncker of Newcastle [I.] only br. and li., was cr. M.I). of the Univ. of Oxford, 23 June 1616 : took part in the siege 1G88. of Colchester, 1648. Commissioner of trade and plantation, 1073. He was noted " for his skill in gaming"(' 1 ) He m. Rebecca, widow of Thomas Jkrmyn, dau. of ... . Roljw.w. He d. s.p. 4 Jan. 1687/S at Sheen Abbey and was bar, 10th at Richmond, Surrey, when his peerage became extinct. Will pr. 16 Feb, 16S8. BROWN. George Brows, Lieut-Gen, of the Imperial Service, was or, an Earl [Qy. EARL BROWN ;] in 1726 by the titular " James III " See, ante, under "Jacobite Peerages," Vol. 1, p. 59, note " b." BROWNE. Sec "Oran.more and Browne," Barony [I.], cr. 1S3G. BROWHXOW. Barony. /. Sir Brownlow Cust, Bart, s. and h. of the Et. Hon Sir I 177G "To' 111 Cust, Bart, Speaker in the House of Commons (1761 till Within a few days of his death 24th Jan. 1770) by Ethelred, da. and coheir of Thomas P ATMS of Hough, eo. Lincoln, was b. 9 Uec. 1744 at Norfolk street, Strand, in St. Clement Danes, Wcstin. ; ed. at Eton, and at Corpus, Cambridge : M.A., 1766; was .M.I'. for Ilchester, 1766-74, and for Grantham, 1774-76. was cr. D.C.L. of Oxford, 7 July 1773, and was, on 20 May 1776, in consideration of his late Father's services, ( h ) cr. BARON BROWNLOW («) of HELTON, co. Lincoln. He m. firstly, 16 Oct. 1770, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Jocosa Kathcrina, 2 and yst da. and coheir of Sir Thomas LuiCRY, Hart of Overttone,^) co. Northampton, by Martha, da. of Sir John Tyreu., Hart. She who was bap. at Earith, co. Huntington, d. s.p.m. 11 Feb. 1772 in her 23d year and was tin - , at Helton, M.I. He in. secondly, 31 Aug. 1775, at St. James' Westni., Frances, only da. and h. to Sir Henry Bankes of Wimbledon, Surrey, Alderman of London, by Frances, da. of Charles Pemrrooke, of St George's, Canterbury. He d. 25 Dee. 1807, in his 64th year, and was bur. at Belton, being followed to the grave by 6 sons and 5 daughters. His widow, who was b. 6 Aug. 1756 d. 13 April 1847 aged 90, in Hill Street, Midx. II. 1807. 1. John (Cust), Baron Brownlow of Belton, s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 19 Aug. 1779 ; ed. at Eton and at Trill. Coll. Earldom. Cambridge, M.A. 1801 ; M.P. for Clitheroe 1802-07 ; Major 3rd Lincoln Militia, 1S04 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Lincoln, 1809-52 ; Col. L 1815: South Line. Militia, 1811. On 17 Nov. 1815, he was cr. VISCOUNT ALFOHD OF ALFOliD, co. Lincoln, and EARL BROWNLOW. Recorder of Boston, 1S20 : D.C.L., Oxford, 10 June- 1S34 ; G.C.H. 1834 ; (') Evelyn's diary. ( b ) " Your old friend [Sir John Cust] has been assur'd by order of the K[ing] that if he liv'd he should have the Peerage, and, if not, his son should be created. T.S. Sir John Cust died yesterday at two o'clock." See letter, 24 Jan. 1770 (from Robert Thompson, St. James' street, to the lit. Hon. Edward Weston), at p. 419 of the 1st app. to 10th Report, Hist. MSS. ( c ) His Grandmother, the wife of Sir Richard Cust, the 2d Bart, was Anne, da. of Sir William Hrownlcno, Bart, sister and heir of John (Brownlow), Viscount Ty rconuel [I], on whose death, s.p. in 1754 the estate of Belton, co. Lincoln, devolved on the fust family. ( d ) Lady Brownlow became by purchase, Aug. 1770, possessed of the other moiety of the Overstone estate, the whole of which was sold in 1791 by Lord Brownlow (who, by the death, 1 778, of Ethcldred the only child of his first wife, became entitled thereto) to John Kipling.