LOWTHER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1727; in under school list 1729. [Presumably brother of, or close kin to, John Lowther, adm. same month].
LOWTHER, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL OF LONSDALE, eldest son of Rev. Sir William Lowther, Bart., Rector of Swillington, Yorks., and Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Zouch, Vicar of Sandal, Yorks.; b. 29 Dec 1757; at Felsted Sch. 1769-71; adm. 26 Mar 1771; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Jan 1776, matr. 1776; MP Carlisle 1780-4, Cumberland 1784-90, Rutland 1796-1802; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Jun 1788; Ensign, 80th Foot 17 May 1794; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1800; succ. cousin as 2nd Viscount Lowther 24 May 1802; Col., Royal Cumberland Militia 24 May 1802 – still 1820; Lord Lieut., Cumberland and Westmorland, from 26 Jun 1802; created Earl of Lonsdale 7 Apr 1807; KG 18 Jul 1807; a patron of the fine arts; Wordsworth dedicated his poem The Excursion to him in Jul 1814; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1796, Rutland 1797; FSA (by 1831); m. 12 Jul 1781 Lady Augusta Fane, dau. of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv), and his first wife; d. 19 Mar 1844. DNB (s. v. William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale).
LOWTHER, T.; b.; at school under Carey (name up School 1808).
LOWTHER, SIR JOHN, BART., brother of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (qv); b. 1 Apr 1759; at Felsted Sch. 1769-71; adm. 26 Mar 1771; left Whitsun 1773; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1776, scholar 1778, Browne Medal for Latin Ode 1778, Members’ Prize 1781; BA 1780; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 31 Oct 1780; Grand Tour (Italy) 1784-5; MP Cockermouth 1780 – Mar 1786, Carlisle 10 Apr – 31 May 1786, Haslemere 13 Jun 1786-90, Cumberland 1796-1831; created baronet 3 Nov 1824; m. 4 Sep 1790 Lady Elizabeth Fane, dau. of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (qv) and his second wife; d. 11 May 1844.
LOWTHER, JOHN, son of William Lowther, Blindcrake, Isel, Cumberland; bapt. Isel 11 Apr 1714; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1727; in under school list 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Oct 1731; BA 1736/7; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 19 Dec 1736, priest (London, lit. dim. from York) 24 Dec 1738; Curate, West Leake, Notts., 27 Dec 1738 – still 1743; Rector of Otterden, Kent, from Nov 1748; d. 21 Oct 1779. [Mother probably Ann Tiddiman (IGI)]
LOWTHER, JOHN MORDAUNT, second son of William Lowther, EICS Bengal, Judge of Provincial Court of Appeal, Benares, and Caroline Frances, dau. of Capt. William Becher; b. 16 Feb 1824; adm. 1 Jun 1837; St. Bees Theol. Coll. 1848; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851; Perpetual Curate of Hensingham, Cumberland 1851-65; Rector of Whicham, Cumberland 1865-72; Rector of Bolton, Cumberland, from 1872; d. unm. 10 Jan 1888.
LOWTHER, SIR JOHN HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir John Lowther, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Mar 1793; adm. Lady Day 1808; left 1810; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Apr 1811; MA 1814; MP (Tory/Conservative) Cockermouth 1 Mar 1816-26, Wigtown Burghs 1826-31, Cockermouth 1831-2, York 1835-47; succ. father as 2nd baronet 11 May 1844; DL JP Yorkshire, High Sheriff 1852; d. unm. 23 Jun 1868.
LOWTHER, JAMES, son of Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, Bart., and Isabella, dau. of Rev. Robert Morehead DD, Rector of Easington, Yorks.; nephew of Sir John Henry Lowther, Bart. (qv); b. 1 Dec 1840; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); left Whitsun 1859; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1858, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 1 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; MP (Conservative) York 1865-80, North Lincolnshire 1881-5, Isle of Thanet from 1888; Parliamentary Secretary, Poor Law Board 1867-8; Under-Secretary, Colonial Office 1874-8; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1878-80; Privy Councillor 2 Feb 1878; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1869, also DL; Alderman, Yorkshire North Riding County Council; racehorse owner 1873-1903; member Jockey Club 1877, Steward 1880; President, Elizabethan Club 1864-7, 1890-5, Vice-Pres. 1885-90 and from 1896; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1877-90; d. unm. 12 Sep 1904. DNB.
LOWTHER, JAMES HARRINGTON, brother of John Mordaunt Lowther (qv); b. 1 Dec 1827; adm. 10 Jul 1837; a sculptor; exhibited at Royal Academy 1857-66; d. unm. 18 Jun 1868 (IGI).
LOWTHER, HENRY, 3RD EARL OF LONSDALE, eldest son of Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther (qv); b. 27 Mar 1818; adm. 26 Apr 1830 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1834, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1835; MA 1838; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 24 Sep 1841; Lieut., 5 Sep 1843; Capt., 9 Mar 1849; sold out 1 Dec 1854; MP (Conservative) West Cumberland 1847 – 4 Mar 1872; DL Cumberland 1867, Lord Lieut. Cumberland and Westmorland from 14 Dec 1868; succ. uncle as 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 4 Mar 1872; member Jockey Club, Steward 1844-5; m. 31 Jul 1852 Emily Susan, eldest dau. of St. George Francis Caulfield, Donamon Castle, co. Roscommon; d. 15 Aug 1876.