William Brownlow Forde

William Brownlow Forde (1823 – 8 February 1902) was the Member of Parliament for County Down, 1857–1874.[1]

Colonel the Rt. Hon. William Brownlow Forde, PC, JP, DL, of Seaforde, married Adelaide, daughter of General the Hon Robert Meade, of Burrenwood, in 1855, and was High Sheriff of County Down, 1853; Lieutenant-Colonel, the Royal South Down Militia; Colonel, 1854–1881, 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was also a member of the landed gentry.[2]

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  1. ^ HANSARD 1803–2005 → Mr William Forde
  2. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 5th edition (1871) Volume I, P 454

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Down
18571874
With: Lord Edwin Hill-Trevor 1857–1874
Succeeded by