Sir John Brownlow, 1st Baronet

He was born about 1594, the eldest son and heir of Richard Brownlow (1553–1638) of Belton in Lincolnshire, Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, by his wife Katherine Page, daughter of John Page of Wembley, Middlesex, a Master in Chancery[2] and one of the first governors of Harrow School.

His younger brother was Sir William Brownlow, 1st Baronet (c. 1595–1666) of Humby, Lincolnshire, who on 27 July 1641, one day after his brother's baronetcy, was also created a baronet, "of Humby in the County of Lincoln", whose great-grandson John Brownlow, 5th Baronet (1690–1754) was in 1718 created Viscount Tyrconnel, in the Peerage of Ireland, whose sister and heiress in her issue Anne Brownlow married Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet and was the mother of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet (1718–1770), Speaker of the House of Commons, whose son in 1776 was created Baron Brownlow, the ancestor of Earl Brownlow, of Belton House.

[3][4] He married Alice Poultney (1606 – 27 June 1676), second daughter and co-heiress[5] of Sir John Poulteney (1585–1617) (or Pulteney) of Misterton in Leicestershire, a Member of Parliament for Wigan in Lancashire in 1601 and 1604, by his wife Margery Fortescue (d.1613), a daughter of Sir John Fortescue (c.1531–1607) of Salden, near Mursley, Buckinghamshire, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

[7][8] He died on 24 November 1679, aged 89, as is recorded on his monument in Belton Church.

His heir to his property was his eldest great-nephew Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet (1659–1697) of Humby, Lincolnshire, who having inherited from him the manor of Belton, built the surviving grand mansion Belton House.