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Loyd, William, ca. 1700-?
GB-2014-WSA-11442 · Person · ca. 1700-?

LOYD, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 18) Apr 1718.

Loyd, ---, fl. 1764
GB-2014-WSA-11441 · Person · fl. 1764

LOYD, ---; b.; in school list Jun 1764; left 1764.

Loyd, ---, fl. 1744
GB-2014-WSA-11440 · Person · fl. 1744

LOYD, ---; b.; in school list 1744.

Loyd, ---, fl. 1656
GB-2014-WSA-11439 · Person · fl. 1656

LOYD, ---; b.; adm. Christmas quarter 1656 (school list 1656, last quarter); at school Ladyday 1659.

Lowther, William, ca. 1716-?
GB-2014-WSA-11438 · Person · ca. 1716-?

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, 1757-1844
GB-2014-WSA-11436 · Person · 1757-1844

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).

Lowther, T., fl. 1808
GB-2014-WSA-11435 · Person · fl. 1808

LOWTHER, T.; b.; at school under Carey (name up School 1808).

Lowther, John, 1759-1844
GB-2014-WSA-11434 · Person · 1759-1844

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, 1714-1779
GB-2014-WSA-11433 · Person · 1714-1779

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)]

GB-2014-WSA-11432 · Person · 1824-1888

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.