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LOWTHER, HON. HENRY CECIL, son of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (qv); b. 27 Jul 1790; at school under Vincent (GM 1868, i, 108); Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 16 Jul 1807; Lieut., 21 Jul 1808; Capt., 4 Oct 1810; Maj., 41st Foot 14 Apr 1814; 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 12 Nov 1814; Lieut. -Col., 12th Foot 20 Apr 1817; half-pay, 25 Jun 1818; retd. 1831; served in Peninsular War 1809; MP (Tory/Conservative) Westmorland from 1812; Father of the House of Commons from 1862; DL JP Rutland, JP Cumberland, Leicestershire, Westmorland; m. 19 May 1817 Lady Lucy Eleanor Sherard, eldest dau. of Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough; d. 6 Dec 1867.

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.

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, 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, 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).

LUTTRELL, HENRY LAWES, 2ND EARL OF CARHAMPTON (I), eldest son of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton (I) MP, and Maria, dau. of Sir Nicholas Lawes, Kt, Governor of Jamaica; b. 7 Aug 1737; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1750/1 (Porten's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jan 1755; Ensign, 48th Foot 21 Nov 1757; Lieut., 34th Foot 27 Mar 1759; Capt., 16th Dragoons 6 Aug 1759; Deputy Adjutant-Gen. to Forces in Portugal and Brevet Maj., 14 Apr 1762; local rank of Lieut. -Col. in Portugal 8 Oct 1762; Lieut. -Col., 1st Horse 13 Feb 1765; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777; Maj. -Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., 6th Dragoon Guards, from 10 Jul 1788; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Oct 1793; Gen., 1 Jan 1798; Adjutant-Gen., Ireland 8 Sep 1770-83; Lieut. -Gen. of Ordnance (I) 12 Oct 1789—Jul 1797, Master Gen. 19 Jul 1797- Aug 1800; entrusted with suppression of the “Defenders” and the pacification of Connaught 1795; Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1796-7; MP Bossinney 1768 – Mar 1769, Middlesex 15 Apr 1769-74, Bossinney 1774-84, Plympton Erle 1790 – Feb 1794, Ludgershall from 28 Jun 1817; he was defeated by John Wilkes in the celebrated contest for Middlesex in 1769, but was declared elected by the House of Commons; MP (I) Old Leighton 1783 – 14 Jan 1787; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Carhampton (I) 14 Jan 1787; m. 25 Jun 1776 Jane, dau. of George Boyd, Dublin; d. 25 Apr 1821. DNB.

LUTTRELL, HON. TEMPLE SIMON, brother of Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (qv) (I); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1750/1 (Porten's); MP Milborne Port 10 Feb 1775-80; arrested at Boulogne 18 Sep 1793 and confined in the Abbaye and Luxembourg prisons in Paris 24 Oct 1793 – 14 Feb 1795; m. 26 Apr 1778 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Gould, Kt, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; d. in Paris 14 Jan 1803. DNB.

LUTWYCHE, THOMAS, son of Edward Lutwyche, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Anne, dau. of Sir Timothy Turnour, Kt, Bold, Aston Botterell, Shropshire, Serjeant-at-law; bapt. 21 Sep 1674; adm.; KS 1688; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 4 Jul 1692, but never adm. as Westminster Student; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1697, Bencher 12 Nov 1710, Treasurer 1722; QC c. 1710; MP Appleby 1710-22, Callington 1722-7, Amersham from Feb 1727/8; an able lawyer and Tory politician; of Lutwich, Rushbury, Shropshire; Busby Trustee 11 Mar 1728/9; his reports of cases in the Queen’s Bench, temp. Queen Anne, were published as part xi of Modern Reports, 1781; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Bagnall, Bretforton, Worcs.; d. 13 Nov 1734. DNB.

LYGON, HON. EDWARD PYNDAR, brother of William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); bapt. Madresfield, Worcs. 3 Apr 1786 (IGI); at school 1799, 1800; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Life Guards 11 Jun 1803; Lieut., 7 Nov 1805; Capt., 15 Feb 1808; Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1815; Col., 27 Apr 1822; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 13th Light Dragoons, from 29 Jan 1845; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo; CB 22 Jun 1815; MP Callington 1818 – 12 Jun 1820; d. unm. 11 Nov 1860.