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'''Baron Lurgan''', of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, was a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in |
'''Baron Lurgan''', of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, was a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1839 for '''Charles Brownlow''', who had previously represented [[Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)|Armagh]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. His son, the second Baron, served as a Government Whip from [[1869]] to [[1874]] in the first [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] administration of [[William Gladstone]] and was also [[Lord Lieutenant of Armagh]]. The title became extinct in [[1991]] on the death of the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron. |
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[[Image:3rd Lord Lurgan.jpg|frame|A portrait of the 3rd Lord Lurgan]] |
[[Image:3rd Lord Lurgan.jpg|frame|A portrait of the 3rd Lord Lurgan]] |
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==Barons Lurgan ( |
==Barons Lurgan (1839)== |
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*[[Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan]] ([[1795]]-[[1847]]) |
*[[Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan]] ([[1795]]-[[1847]]) |
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*[[Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan]] ([[1831]]-[[1882]]) |
*[[Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan]] ([[1831]]-[[1882]]) |
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*[[William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan]] ([[1858]]-[[1937]]) |
*[[William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan]] ([[1858]]-[[1937]]) |
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*[[William George Edward Brownlow, 4th Baron |
*[[William Brownlow, 4th Baron Lurgan|William George Edward Brownlow, 4th Baron Lurgan]] ([[1902]]-[[1984]]) |
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*[[John Desmond Cavendish Brownlow, 5th Baron Lurgan]] ([[1911]]-[[1991]]) |
*[[John Brownlow, 5th Baron Lurgan|John Desmond Cavendish Brownlow, 5th Baron Lurgan]] ([[1911]]-[[1991]]) |
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[[Category:Baronies|Lurgan]] |
[[Category:Baronies|Lurgan]] |
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[[Category:Extinct baronies|Lurgan]] |
[[Category:Extinct baronies|Lurgan]] |
Revision as of 16:35, 22 December 2007
Baron Lurgan, of Lurgan in the County of Armagh, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1839 for Charles Brownlow, who had previously represented Armagh in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, served as a Government Whip from 1869 to 1874 in the first Liberal administration of William Gladstone and was also Lord Lieutenant of Armagh. The title became extinct in 1991 on the death of the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron.