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GB-2014-WSA-11421 · Person · 1894-1974

Lowry, Geoffrey Charles, son of Hubert Lowry (q.v.); b. May 3, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Magd. Coll. Camb.; scholar (Classics) 1913, matric. Michaelmas 1913; RA. 1919; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the Cheshire Regt. Sept. 16, 1914; Lieut. Dec. 29, 1914, Capt. May 22, 1916; served in Great War I and was wounded at Ovillers July 14, 1916, and at Neuve Chapelle Sept, 5, 1918; demob. Jan, 3, 1919; supt. Working Men's Coll. 1921-3; asst. secretary Imp. Coll. of Science and Technology, secretary to the Delegacy, City and Guilds (Engineering) Coll. 1923; secretary, Imperial Coll. 1934-58; Capt. Infantry Unit, London Univ. O.T.C., April 13, 1929; A.S.C. Unit 1935; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1938; Lieut.-Col. London Univ. S.T.C. 1943-5; T. D. 1941; O.B.E. 1953; m. Jan. 28, 1922, Margaret Spencer, daughter of Pilfold Fletcher-Watson, R.B.A., of Paignton, Devon.; d. 23 Mar. 1974

GB-2014-WSA-11420 · Person · ca. 1720-1758

LOWNDES, RICHARD, brother of Layton Lowndes (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1727; KS 1734; left 1736; Lieut., Royal Navy 27 Jan 1747/8; m. 1751 Bridget, dau. of William Dalston, Great Salkeld, Cumberland; d. on board HMS Newcastle in Madras Roads 14 Apr 1758.

Lower, Richard, 1632-1691
GB-2014-WSA-00940 · Person · 1632-1691

LOWER, RICHARD, second son of Humphrey Lower, Tremeere, Bodmin, Cornwall, and Margery, dau. of Richard Billing, Hengar, St. Tudy, Cornwall; bapt. 29 Jan 1631/2; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1649, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1, Westminster Student; BA 17 Feb 1652/3; MA 1655; MB and MD 1665; assisted Dr. Willis in the preparation of his book Cerebri Anatome Nervorumque Descriptio et Usus, 1664; left Oxford in 1666 and commenced medical practice in London; the most noted physician of his day; FRS 17 Oct 1667; FRCP 29 Jul 1675; a pronounced Whig in politics; a skilful anatomist and experimental physiologist; the first to transfuse blood from one animal into the veins of another; author, Tractatus de Corde, 1669, and two other medical treatises; m. 17 Nov 1666 (IGI) his cousin Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Trelawny, and dau. of John Billing, Hengar, St. Tudy, Cornwall; d. 17 Jan 1690/1. DNB.

Lowen, John, 1613-1678
GB-2014-WSA-11415 · Person · 1613-1678

LOWEN, JOHN, son of Daniel Lowen, Gerpins (or Gerberville), Rainham, Essex, and Susan, dau. of John Turke, Wrotham, Kent; bapt. 25 Mar 1613; adm.; KS 1629; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1633, matr. 29 Nov 1633, aged 19, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors 1650; BA 1637; MA 1640; BCL 1642; DCL 1660; adm. Gray’s Inn 13 Nov 1635, called to bar 29 Jun 1655; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 4 Nov 1664; official, Archdeaconry of Winchester; Principal Registrar to Bishop of Winchester from 1664; of Gerpins, Essex; JP Essex (CSP Dom 1665-6, 155); buried St. Olave, Hart Street, London 20 Mar 1677/8.

GB-2014-WSA-11414 · Person · ca. 1753-1797

LOWE, THOMAS HUMPHREY, son of Rev. Thomas Lowe, Second Chaplain, Chelsea Hospital, and his first wife Elizabeth, sister of Peregrine Furye (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jan 1767; KS (aged 14) 1768; Ensign, 58th Foot 10 Jun 1772; Lieut., 2 Apr 1777; still in Armyn List 1780, not 1782; m. 2 Apr 1780 Lucy, elder dau. of Thomas Hill MP, Court of Hill, Shropshire; d. 10 Nov 1797.

GB-2014-WSA-11408 · Person · 1933-2016

Lowe, Lawrence Edward, brother of John Christopher Burpee Lowe (qv); b. Toronto, Canada, 29 Mar. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G), (KS) 1947; left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1958; returned to Canada for post-grad. studies at Macdonald Coll., PQ; McGill Univ., Canada, 1957-63, MSc 1960, PhD 1963; a soil chemist, Alberta, Canada 1963-6; asst. Prof. of Soils, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada 1966, assoc. Prof. 1970, Prof. 1975-94, Prof. Emeritus 1994-; m. 25 Aug. 1956 Rosemary Powell-Evans, laboratory technician, d. of John Powell-Evans MRCS LRCP, of Wimbledon; d. 17 June 2016.

Lowe, ---, fl. 1643
GB-2014-WSA-019299 · Person · fl. 1643

LOWE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS c. 1643 (WAM 32460).

GB-2014-WSA-11397 · Person · 1928-2008

Low, Richard Cameron, son of Robert Wilfrid Low of Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Dorothy Alice, d. of Lieut. -Col. Francis Samuel Peck MRCS, surgeon, Indian Med. Service; b. 30 Mar. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; RMA Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut RA Oct. 1948, Lieut. Oct. 1950; res. Sept. 1953; an insurance broker, General Northern Assurance; FCII 1959, FCIB (FBIBA) 1967; man. dir. Glanvill Enthoven & Co. (Nigeria) Ltd. 1957-64, dir. Glanvill Enthoven & Co. Ltd. 1970-9; man. dir., Midland Bank Insurance Brokers Ltd. 1979-83; author Tigress and the Rose 2003; m. 20 Dec. 1951 Sheila Mary, d. of Robert Jephson Hilary, asst. master at the Sch. and first housemaster of Busby’s; d. 17 Feb. 2008.

Loving, Richard, 1693-1751
GB-2014-WSA-11391 · Person · 1693-1751

LOVING, RICHARD, son of Thomas Loving, Deptford, Kent; bapt. 14 Dec 1693; adm.; QS 1707; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1712, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1712, aged 18, scholar 1 May 1713, matr. 1713; BA 1715/6; MA 1719; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1718, Major Fellow 10 Jul 1719; ordained; Rector of Barton Mills, Suffolk, from 1732; Rector of Herringswell, Suffolk, from 1741; m. 28 Oct 1724 Mary, dau. of Richard Thomas, Deptford, Kent; d. 1751 [will proved PCC 8 Jul 1751).

Lovell, James, fl. 1680
GB-2014-WSA-019298 · Person · fl. 1680

LOVELL, JAMES; b. ; adm. ; KS 1680.