Background
He was the eldest son of Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan.
He was the eldest son of Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan.
He was the chairman of the prestigious Ritz Hotel, the Carlton Hotel, Booth"s Distilleries, and others In his younger years he was a keen jockey and golfer, and was reportedly one of the few peers to have ever had a hole in one on a golf course. He succeeded to his father"s title in 1882.
He was the subject of caricatures by Max Beerbohm.
Brownlow succeeded Harry Higgins as chairman of the Ritz upon his death in 1928, and was especially keen on attracting American guests to the hotel.