David Brownlow, Baron Brownlow of Shurlock Row

The Right Honourable
The Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row
CVO DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
9 October 2019
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
David Ellis Brownlow

(1963-09-16) 16 September 1963
Liverpool
Political partyConservative
Alma materNewcastle Polytechnic

David Ellis Brownlow, Baron Brownlow of Shurlock Row, CVO DL (born 16 September 1963) is a British entrepreneur, philanthropist and life peer. He sits as a member of the House of Lords and served as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party from July 2017 until July 2020.[1]

He is the founder of The David Brownlow Charitable Foundation[2] and a trustee of the Royal Albert Hall Trust.[3]

Early life

Born in Liverpool, Brownlow graduated in economics from Newcastle Polytechnic, and spent two years as a policeman with Thames Valley Police based in Slough.[4][1]

Business career

Brownlow co-founded the recruitment firm Huntswood in 1996 and in 2013 co-founded a private equity firm, Havisham, through which over £20 million has been invested. Havisham is one of the biggest investors in Cefinn, a fashion label founded by Samantha Cameron, the wife of David Cameron. Brownlow was described as Cameron’s “white knight” rescuer as Cefinn was losing more than £500,000 a year when Brownlow took a 10% stake in 2018.[1]

Honours

Brownlow was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2018 Birthday Honours,[5] and appointed Deputy to The Lord Lieutenant of The Royal County of Berkshire in January 2018.

Politics

He was nominated for a life peerage in Theresa May's resignation honours and was created Baron Brownlow of Shurlock Row, of Shurlock Row in the Royal County of Berkshire, on 9 October 2019 and introduced to The House on 15 October 2019.[6][7][8] In figures released by the Electoral Commission, it was shown that he was one of the Conservative Party's biggest donors,[9] giving the party almost £3 million (£714,690 in 2017 alone).[1][10] Brownlow’s company Huntswood Associates Ltd paid a total of £112,549 to the supplier responsible for the refurbishment of the flat above 11 Downing Street, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife, Carrie, and their children live.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Who is Lord Brownlow, the man who helped pay for Downing Street refurb?". The Guardian. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. "Who we are". The David Brownlow Charitable Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. "Royal Albert Hall Trust". Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. "Lord Brownlow: Multimillionaire ex-cop who rubs shoulders with royalty now at centre of PM flat refurb claims". Sky News. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B4.
  6. "Resignation Peerages 2019" (PDF). Cabinet Office. 10 September 2019.
  7. "Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. "No. 62796". The London Gazette. 15 October 2019. p. 18456.
  9. "Theresa May accused of cronyism over resignation honours list". The Guardian. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. "Revealed: The 20 super-rich fatcats who bankrolled the Tories with £11.5m donations in one yea". The Mirror. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. Elgot, Jessica; Allegretti, Aubrey; Walker, Peter (9 December 2021). "Boris Johnson accused of misleading ethics adviser over No 10 refurb". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2021.


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