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]

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)].

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

LOWEN, JOHN, son of Daniel Lowen, Gerpins (or Gerberville), Rainham, Essex, and Susan, dau. of John Turke, Wrotham, Kent; bapt. 25 Mar 1613; adm.; KS 1629; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1633, matr. 29 Nov 1633, aged 19, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors 1650; BA 1637; MA 1640; BCL 1642; DCL 1660; adm. Gray’s Inn 13 Nov 1635, called to bar 29 Jun 1655; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 4 Nov 1664; official, Archdeaconry of Winchester; Principal Registrar to Bishop of Winchester from 1664; of Gerpins, Essex; JP Essex (CSP Dom 1665-6, 155); buried St. Olave, Hart Street, London 20 Mar 1677/8.