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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Guy Brownlow

Battles and wars
  
World War I

Rank
  
Colonel

Battles/wars
  
First World War

Died
  
January 19, 1960

Service/branch
  
British Army

Born
  
26 December 1883 (
1883-12-26
)

Commands held
  
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Order

Colonel Guy James Brownlow DSO (26 December 1883 – 19 January 1960) was a British Army officer.

Brownlow was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, the eldest son of William Brownlow JP and Janet Orme. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) in 1903. Brownlow became a captain in 1913. He fought in the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches three times. In 1915, he was decorated as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Following the war, Brownlow left the army with the rank of colonel. He was High Sheriff of County Down in 1945 and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant in County Down in 1946.

Brownlow married Elinor Scott, the daughter of Colonel George Scott, on 19 August 1920. They had three children:

  1. Colonel William Stephen Brownlow (b.1921)
  2. James Chrsity Brownlow (b.1922)
  3. Anne Brownlow (b.1928), married Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon

In the 1930s Brownlow lived at Hays, in the village of Sedgehill, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Brownlow later lived at Portaferry, County Down until his death in 1960.

References

Guy Brownlow Wikipedia