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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.

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, 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, 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.