BROWNLOW, JOHN, VISCOUNT TYRCONNEL

Arms.—Quarterly.

1st and 4th; or, an inescutcheon within an orle of martlets sa. Brownlow.

2nd and 3rd; arg., a lion rampant az. Mason.

Crest.—On a chapeau gules, turned up with ermine, a greyhound passant or, collared of the first.

Supporters.—Two talbots ppr., collared gu.

Coronet.—That of a Viscount.

Helmet.—That of a Peer.

Motto.—Esse quam videre.

[Savage. The Wanderer. London, 1729.]

[Edward Almack, Esq., F.S.A., Brighton.]

Sir John Brownlow (born 1692 (?), died 27th February 1754) was the eldest son of Sir William Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire. He was Member of Parliament for Grantham and for Lincolnshire, and in 1718 was created Viscount Tyrconnel. In 1725 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. Lord Tyrconnel died at his country seat of Belton, and left no heir.