Biography of John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel 1690-1754

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Before 1690 [his father] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 24) and [his mother] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 22) were married.

On 16th November 1690 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 25) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 23).

In 1700 [his mother] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 33) died.

On 6th March 1701 [his father] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 35) died. His son John (age 10) succeeded 5th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].

In 1712 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 21) and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 21) were married. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were first cousins.

In 1718 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 27) was created 1st Viscount Tyconnel. [his wife] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 27) by marriage Viscountess Tyconnel.

In 1723 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 42) died.

On 26th July 1723 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 62) died. His son Peregrine (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his sister-in-law] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

1725. Philippe Mercier (age 36). John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 34) and his wife [his wife] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 34), seated in an invalid chair, with her cousin and his wife, with Belton House [Map] in the background.

In 1730 [his wife] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 39) died.

In 1732 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 41) and Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel were married. She by marriage Viscountess Tyconnel.