Biography of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet 1659-1697

Before 26th June 1659 [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [age 16] and [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [age 26] were married.

On 26th June 1659 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [age 16] and [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [age 26].

In 1666 [his grandfather] William Brownlow 1st Baronet [age 71] died. His son [his father] Richard [age 23] succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [age 33] by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

On 3rd July 1668 [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [age 25] died. His son John [age 9] succeeded 3rd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

Monument St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Armorial Brownlow Arms with a canton of the Rad Hand of Ulster impaled his wife's Freke Arms.

Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet: Before 1643 he was born to William Brownlow 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Duncombe. Before 26th June 1659 Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow were married. In 1666 William Brownlow 1st Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

On 12th September 1668 Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [age 51] died at Lobthorpe. He was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads: "Near this Place lies the Body of Richard Sherard Of the Hamlet of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Esq;, the only Son of John Sherard, Esq;, who was the eldest Son of Sir William Sherard; the which Richard married Margaret, Daughter of Lumley Dewe of Bishop-Upton [age 68] in the County of Hereford, Esq;, and had by her six Children, namely, three Sons, (viz.) [his future brother-in-law] John [age 6], Richard [age 2], and Brownlow; and Three Daughters, (viz.) Alice [age 9], Mary, and Elizabeth. He died the twelfth Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1668."

Around 1671 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 11] educated at Westminster School [Map].

On 27th March 1676 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 16] and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 17] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were half second cousins.

On 24th November 1679 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [age 89] died without issue. Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire extinct. He left Belton House [Map] to his great-nephew John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 20] (grand-son of his brother [his grandfather] William Brownlow 1st Baronet) and niece [his wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 20] (grand-daughter of his sister Elizabeth Brownlow ) who had married three years before in 1676. He also left them an income of £9,000 per annum and £20,000 in cash. They immediately bought a townhouse in Southampton Square.

In 1681 [his daughter] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 21] and [his wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 22]. She married 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter, son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter, and had issue.

Around 2nd February 1683 [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [age 50] died.

In 1684 [his daughter] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 24] and [his wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 25]. She married 1703 Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford, son of Francis North 1st Baron Guildford, and had issue.

Around 1685 John Closterman [age 25] and John Riley [age 39]. Portrait of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 25].

Between 1685 and 1688 Belton House [Map] was built on behalf of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 25] in the style of Carolean architecture. The architect may have been William Winde or Christopher Wren [age 61].

In 1687 [his daughter] Margaret Brownlow was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 27] and [his wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 28].

In 1688 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 28] was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.

In 1689 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 29] was elected MP Grantham.

In 1691 [his daughter] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 31] and [his wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 32]. She married 1712 her first cousin John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel, son of William Brownlow 4th Baronet and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow.

On 16th July 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [age 38] committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William [age 31] succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [age 30] by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton [age 58].

On 27th July 1721 [his former wife] Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [age 62] died.

[his daughter] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow. She married June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Wynn, and had issue.