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Brownlow North (17 de julio de 1741 – 12 de julio de 1820) fue obispo de la Iglesia de Inglaterra .

Brownlow North nació el 17 de julio de 1741 en Chelsea , Middlesex , Gran Bretaña , hijo único de Francis North, primer conde de Guilford, y de su segunda esposa, Elizabeth, hijo único y único heredero de Sir Arthur Kaye , , y viuda de su primer marido, George Legge, vizconde de Lewisham (hijo de William Legge, primer conde de Dartmouth ), por lo que fue conocida como la vizcondesa viuda de Lewisham hasta su segundo matrimonio.

Entre los hermanastros maternos de North se encontraban Anne, condesa de Cardigan (quien se casó con James Brudenell, 5.º conde de Cardigan ), y William Legge, 2.º conde de Dartmouth ; ^{[ 1 ]} entre sus hermanastros paternos se encontraba Frederick North, Lord North , futuro primer ministro. Su única hermana de padre y madre era Louisa, Lady Willoughby de Broke (quien se casó con John Peyto-Verney, 14.º barón Willoughby de Broke ). ^{[ 2 ]}

Se educó en el Eton College (1752-1759) y en el Trinity College de Oxford (donde se matriculó el 10 de enero de 1760 como alumno común), graduándose como Licenciado en Artes en 1762. Se convirtió en miembro del All Souls College de Oxford en 1763, obteniendo su Máster en Artes (Oxon) el 4 de julio de 1766 y el Doctorado en Derecho Civil en 1770. ^{[ 3 ]}

North fue ordenado diácono en Christ Church por John Hume , obispo de Oxford , el 27 de octubre de 1765 ^{[ 4 ]} y sacerdote en Grosvenor Chapel , Westminster, por Frederick Cornwallis , obispo de Lichfield y Coventry, el 12 de abril de 1767. ^{[ 5 ]} Con excelentes conexiones —su padre era un cortesano influyente y su hermanastro Frederick llegaría a ser primer ministro de Gran Bretaña— , North disfrutó de ascensos profesionales sustanciales, rápidos y tempranos. Su cuñado Willoughby de Broke lo presentó como rector de Lighthorne , y luego la corona lo presentó como 4.ª prebenda en Christ Church el 28 de abril de 1768. ^{[ 6 ]}

He remained a canon of Oxford until he was installed as Dean of Canterbury on 6 October 1770;^[7] while there he obtained the lucrative livings of Lydd and Bexley, both of which he retained while at Lichfield. North left Canterbury for Lichfield in 1771, when his half-brother the Prime Minister's recommendation saw him electedBishop of Lichfield and Coventry. His election to that see having been confirmed on 26 August 1771,^[8] he was consecrated a bishop by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (with Richard Terrick, Bishop of London; Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester; and William MarkhamBishop of Chester) on 8 September 1771 at Lambeth Palace chapel^[9]

North was Bishop of Lichfield for three years before his election as Bishop of Worcester was confirmed on 27 December 1774;^[10] he then remained in Worcester for six and a half years until his election to the See of Winchester was confirmed on 5 June 1781.^[11] Throughout the period of his appointments to these two Sees his half-brother remained Prime Minister.

North was enthroned (by proxy) at Winchester Cathedral on 25 June 1781^[12] and continued as Bishop of Winchester until his death, following a long illness, at Winchester House, Chelsea on 12 July 1820. He was then buried at his cathedral on 21 August 1820. The monument was sculpted by Francis Chantrey.^[13]

On 17 January 1771, North married Henrietta Maria Bannister, who died on 17 November 1796. His eldest son Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford and his youngest Charles Augustus North both became Anglican priests; of his four daughters, one (Henrietta) married a priest and another (Elizabeth) married Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham. The 19th century evangelist, also named Brownlow North was his grandson (Charles' son.)

• 1741–1765: The Honourable Brownlow North
• 1765–1768: The Reverend and Honourable Brownlow North
• 1768–1770: El reverendo y honorable canónigo Brownlow North
• 1770-1771: El Muy Reverendo y Honorable Brownlow North
• 1771–1820: El Muy Reverendo y Honorable Brownlow North

• "North, Brownlow". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (  edición en línea). Oxford University Press. doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/20292 .(Se requiere suscripción, acceso a la biblioteca de Wikipedia o ser miembro de una biblioteca pública del Reino Unido ).