John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel 1690-1754

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Before 1690 [his father] William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 24] and [his mother] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 22] were married.

On 16th November 1690 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 25] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 23].

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

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

In 1700 [his mother] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 33] died.

On 6th March 1701 [his father] William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 35] died. His son John [aged 10] succeeded 5th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].

In 1710 Margaret Brownlow [aged 23] died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: [his future sister-in-law] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 29], Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford [aged 26] and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 19].

In 1712 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel [aged 21] and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were first cousins.

In 1718 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel [aged 27] was created 1st Viscount Tyconnel. [his wife] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Tyconnel.

In 1723 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 42] died.

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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On 26th July 1723 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 62] died. His son Peregrine [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his sister-in-law] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

1725. Philippe Mercier [aged 36]. John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel [aged 34] and his wife Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 34], seated in an invalid chair, with her cousin and his wife, with Belton House [Map] in the background.

In 1730 [his wife] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 39] died.

In 1732 John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel [aged 41] and Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel were married. She by marriage Viscountess Tyconnel.

Around 1735 Charles Jervas [aged 60]. Portrait of John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel [aged 44].

Attack on Port Louis

Records of the Cust Family. Lord Tyrconnel to Sir John Cust. Belton. May y^e 7th, 1748.

Dear Nephew

After y^e Pleasing News of y^e signing y^e Preliminaryes for our General Peace & as I hoped y^e stopping y^e Issues of y^e most Noble & Best Blood in Christendome; a Day I never thought I should have to see: How great must be my schock when I heard of an unaccountable Victory to no use or Purpose but to robb us of y^e most valuable of Men¹! yo Best can tell, by what y^rself felt upon this most Melancholy occasion. To Aggrevate y^r greif I cannot, to Alleviate itt, I am too much a Fellow sufferer to have itt in my Power, i stand as much in need of itt myself itt is an Honest Sorrow & becomes us, can we Deny y^e Tribute of our Tears to him, who did not spare his Blood to serve his country. Possessd of every amiable Quality that endear’d him to all who knew him, whose Love & Affection to his Brothers & Sisters, whose Duty & Piety to his Mother whose readiness & willingness to embrace any condition of Life that his Freinds & Relations thought proper for him, whose great Gratitude to me for y^e small services which itt was in my Power to d him, & y^e fatal Proof he has given of my two first Recommendation of him! his constant & e act correspondence by Letters (Divided by such Immense extracts of sea & Land) with his Freindes Relations, & not forgetting y^e Lowest of People whom he knew from his childhood, & his finding Tme to do itt in y^e midst of y^e greatest Danger and Difficultyes of y^e sea, & of a most Long & Bloody Warr, while att y same Time he was a most Dilligent & Active officer ; His indefatigable Zeal for his King & Country ; his Protecting our Trade, & takeing so many Privateers with which our Coast swarm'd, & when he had done all this, After a Peace sign’d, when his valour could be of no Farther devoting his life to his country and Dying a victim to itt! Young indeed in y^ears, but old in Honour and Virtue; whose courage was founded upon y^e solid Basis of Religion, & Like Elijah, he is gone to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire! We Lament ourselves & not him; & he now Receives those eternal Glorious Rewards from y^e King of Kings, which no earthly Monarch can give: Such joys as nothing can Interrupt ; but y^e knowledge of y^e greif that his Loss is to his Freinds; that is all Freinds to y^e Greatest virtue & Meritt ; which is y^e only greif he ever gave them, there is not a Dry eye in this house, nor, I beleive, in Grantham.

My good sister² Beares this severest of Tryals like a Roman or Rather a Christian Heroine & as a Mother truly worthy of such as Son, & worthy y^e envy of all her sex, for eve Haveing had such a one! Dear Nephew as itt is a great Honour to y^o to be so nearly Related to this Man, excellent, most Accomplished & most glorious oyuth, so is itt more so to find y^o are as neary Related to his virtues.

I am. Dear Nephew

yr most afflicted

& affectionate uncle

& sincere humble servant Tyrconnel [aged 57].

My wife & Mrs. Levinz Joyn with us in services to good Lady Cust & y^e young ones Miss Jenny, y^e alderman, Mr. Cust, Mrs. Newton services to Lady Frazer & Mrs. Woodcock.

Note 1. This letter refers to the death of the author's nephew William Cust [aged 28] on 8th March 1748 whilst in service for the Royal Navy during the Attack on Port Louis.

Note 2. Anne Brownlow Lady Cust [aged 54].