LOWTHER, ARTHUR, brother of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (qv); b. 12 Jul 1820; adm. 25 Jun 1831 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); KS 1835; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1839, adm. pens. 24 May 1839, scholar 1840; BA 1843; MA 1847; 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade 31 May 1844; Lieut., 5 Mar 1847; Adjutant, 23 Jun 1848; Capt., half-pay, unattached 23 Apr 1852; d. unm. 15 Feb 1855.

LOWTHER, CHRISTOPHER, son of Rev. Lancelot Lowther, Rector of Long Marton, Westmorland, and Hester Pearce, Dublin; grandson of Sir Christopher Lowther, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, matr. 16 Dec 1646, aged 18, Westminster Student to ejection by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 1648; migrated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford; BA 1649; MA 1652; of Colby Lathes, Westmorland; m. Sibell, dau. of William Lloyd, Drodaugh, Ireland.

LOWTHER, Francis William, illegitimate son of William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC FRS, and Emilia Cresotti, opera singer ; b. (Genoa, Italy) 20 Feb 1841 ; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (Scott) (as William Lowther : for the identification of him as Francis William Lowther, see F.Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1903, 100, where he is referred to as “Frank” Lowther) ; Cadet, Royal Navy 9 Feb 1854 ; Lieut., 3 Dec 1861 ; naturalised by Act of Parliament 10 Aug 1866 ; Cdr., 4 Apr 1869 ; retd. 9 Apr 1872 ; Capt. (on retired list) 8 Apr 1884 ; served in Second Chinese War ; partner, Punchard, McTaggart, Lowther & Co., engineers and contractors, to Jan 1900 ; m. 29 Apr 1868 Louise Beatrice, sister of Mildmay Barrington de Fonblanque (qv) ; d. 30 Mar 1908.

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.

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.

Luard, John Kenneth, son of John Frank Luard of Wimbledon and Constance Mary, d. of John Walter Wilson of Hove, Sussex; b. 19 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (B); left July 1929; resident engineer Alexandria Water Co. 1933-45; later man. dir. Egyptian Engineering Stores, Alexan­dria, Gailey & Roberts Ltd, Nairobi, man. Jamaica Tractor Equipment Co., and gen. man. Sayer & Corley Ltd, Khartoum; m. 1st 1935 Ruth Pattinson of Dovercourt, Essex; 2nd 21 Jan. 1954 Shirley Patricia, d. of George Dixon of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex; 3rd 1967 Claire Highton; d. 17 July 2000.

LUCAS, BERNARD JOHN, brother of Joseph Lucas (qv); b. 9 Dec 1853; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left May 1870; a painter; exhibited at Grosvenor Gallery 1885-91; d. 12 Nov 1910.

Lucas, Nigel Oliver, son of Francis Herman Lucas CB CVO, Financial Sec. India Office, and Helen Mary Morris, d. of Capt. Morris Smith; b. 18 Mar. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1932; LMSSA 1935; lived in Denmark 1936-40, interned during WW2; ship's surgeon Clan Line 1946, later in med. practice in New Zealand; m. 4 Jan. 1949 Joan Nina, d. of Leo Joseph Ciceri of Newport, Mon.; d. 20 May 1983.

LUCAS, ROBERT, son of Robert Lucas, Sussex; b.; at school (aged 16) 1655 (Chapter Muniments 43112); KS Easter 1656; in school lists 1656. [Perhaps Robert Lucas, son of Robert Lucas, bapt. Chiddingly, Sussex 9 Apr 1637 (sic) (IGI)].

LUCE, GEORGE, son of George Luce, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1715; KS 1716; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr. 1723; BA 1723/4; MA 1727. [Mother possibly Sarah Tilson (IGI)] [note will George Luce, St. Margaret, Westminster, proved PCC 15 Feb 1750]