Colonel William Stephen Brownlow DL JP (9 October 1921 – May 1998[1]) was a British Army officer and Northern Irish Unionist politician.

[5] Brownlow stood for North Down's Westminster seat in the October 1974 general election for the UPNI, but lost to the UUP.

Brownlow married Eveleigh, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel George Panter MBE, on 11 January 1961.

[2] Together they had three children: In his spare time, Brownlow was a leading practitioner of fox hunting, in which circles he was known as "The Major".

Following his death, a Brownlow Trophy was instituted for the person who had made the "greatest contribution to country sports and conservation in Ireland" each year.