Charles Brownlow was a champion player, and later administrator, for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He's best remembered now for the fact that the Brownlow Medal, the most prestigious individual award in Australian Football, is named after him. The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ... See also Australian Football League. ... The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal regarded as the most prestigious award for individual players. ...
CharlesBrownlow, who built it in 1833, was created Baron Lurgan in 1839, was owned by the Brownlow family until the turn of the century.
Four heraldic shields of the McNeill, Kilmaine, Brownlow and Dornley families, who were related by marriage, adorn the ceiling of the entrance hallway and these same armorial bearings together with the crests, are executed as eight stained glass windows on the grand staircase.
Brownlow House was opened as an Orange Hall on 4 July 1903 and the ceremony was performed by Brother Colonel Wallace.
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