Alice Pulteney, Lady Brownlow (1604-1676)

Gilbert Soest (Soest c.1605 – London 1681). Oil painting on canvas (oval), Alice Poultney Lady Brownlow (1604-1676) by Gerard Soest (Soest c.1600 – London 1681). A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a brown dress and blue mantle with head half turned to the right. Alice Pulteney was born in 1604. She was the daughter of Sir John Pulteney of Misterton, Leicestershire. She married in 1621, 'Old' Sir John Brownlow, 1st and last Bt., (1594-1679) son of Richard Brownlow (d.1638) and Katharine Page. She died in 1676 without issue.She is charmingly commemorated holding hands with her husband in William Stanton's monument in Belton church. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)