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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.

LOWTH, FRANCIS, sixth son of Rev. Robert Henry Lowth, Rector of Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, and Frances, fourth dau. of Rev. John Harington DD, Rector of Thruxton, Hampshire; b. 6 Oct 1810; adm. 4 Feb 1825 (Stikeman's); at Haileybury Coll. 1827-9; Writer, EICS Bengal 1828; arrived in India 12 Dec 1829; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit, Hamirpur 1830; Officiating Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Hamirpur 1834; Magistrate, Collector and Salt Agent, Balasore 1846; Civil and Sessions Judge, Purnea 1853, Birbhum 1856; res. 16 Apr 1856; m.; d. 27 May 1880.

LOWTH, ARTHUR, brother of Francis Lowth (qv); b. 10 Nov 1813; adm. 14 Feb 1825 (Stikeman's); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1831; BA 1834; ordained deacon (Worcester) 30 Jul 1837; m. 23 Nov 1854 Jane Spencer Perceval, third dau. of Thomas Bourke Ricketts, Combe House, Herefs.; d. 8 Jan 1855.

LOWRY, HUBERT, third son of Rev. Charles Henry Lowry, Head Master Northleach GS, Gloucs., and Sarah Anne, dau. of Matthew Dobson Lowndes, Liverpool; b. 28 Nov 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'), exhibitioner; QS (Capt. ) 1875; Capt. of the School 1878; left (with Triplett) May 1879, having declined election to Trinity Coll. Cambridge; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1879; migrated to Hertford Coll. Oxford; BA 1883; MA 1896; ordained deacon (Barrow for Carlisle) 1904, priest (Carlisle) 1905; Curate St. Mary’s, Carlisle 1904-6, St. Oswald’s, Chester 1906-11; Vicar of New Ferry, Cheshire 1911-22; Vicar of Wybunbury, Cheshire 1922-8; Vicar of Burleydam, Cheshire 1928-34; m. 30 Apr 1889 Frances Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph William Sharpe, Vicar of Northleach, Gloucs.; d. 8 Apr 1948.

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

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.

LOWNDES, LAYTON, second son of William Lowndes, Wilshamstead and Wootton, Beds., and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Layton, Astwood, Bucks.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1726; in school list 1729; adm. Middle Temple 2 Jun 1730; d. 18 Apr 1747.

LOWNDES, ---; b.; adm.; left 1808.

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.

Lowenstein, John Gerald, son of Julius Lowenstein, metal merchant, and Ellen Doris, d. of Myrtil Hanan of New York, USA; b. 8 Aug. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (G); left July 1956; a metal merchant and co. dir.; m. 18 Dec. 1962 Vivien, d. of Heinz Lissauer, co. dir.; d. 1 Aug. 2002.