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Charles Brownlow, 2d Baron Lurgan

1831–82

Lord lieutenant of county Armagh, Ireland, 1864–82. Lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, 1869–74. Kept racehorses, but was best known as a breeder and owner of greyhounds, the most famous of which was Master Mcgrath.

Sources

Debbrett’s peerage and baronetage 1990

Dictionary of Irish biography to 2002.

Bibliography

Dictionary of Irish biography to 2002: Dictionary of Irish biography from the earliest times to the year 2002. Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn. 9 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.

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