Authorised form of name | Lowther; John (1655 - 1700); 1st Viscount Lonsdale; politician |
Dates | 1655 - 1700 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Hackthorpe Hall, Lowther, Westmoreland, England |
Date of birth | 25 April 1655 |
Place of death | Lowther |
Date of death | 10 July 1700 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Lowther Church, Westmoreland, England |
Occupation | Politician |
Activity | Education: Kendal Grammar School; Sedbergh School; Queen's College, Oxford (matriculated 1670); Inner Temple (admitted 1671) Career: Called to the Bar (1677); MP for Westmoreland (1676-1696); Commissioner for Assessment for Cumberland, Westmoreland and the North Riding of Yorkshire (1677-1680, 1689-1690); Custos Rotulorum for Westmoreland (1678-death); rebuilt Lowther Hall and the Rectory and Church of Lowther (1685); Governor of Carlisle (1689-1690); Vice-Chamberlain of the household to William III (1689-1694); Privy Councillor (1689-death); Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmoreland (1690-1694); First Lord of the Treasury (1690); badly wounded in a duel (1691); Lord Privy Seal (1699-death) Honours: Baron Lowther of Lowther and Viscount Lonsdale (1696) Memberships: Ironmakers' Company
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 20/12/1699 |
Relationships | Parents: Colonel John Lowther of Lowther and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Bellingham, Bart, of Hilsington, Westmoreland Siblings: Mary Lowther Half siblings: William Lowther (1668–1694) Spouse: Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, Bart, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, and cousin of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (FRS 1675) Children: Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (1692–1713); Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale (1694–1751); Hon. Mary Lowther (c. 1676–1706); Hon. Elizabeth Lowther; Hon. Margaret Lowther (d. 1728); Hon. Barbara Lowther (d. 1716); Hon. Anthony Lowther (d. 1741); Hon. Jane Lowther (d. 1752) Cousin: Sir John Lowther (FRS 1664) Hereditary titles: Succeeded his grandfather as 2nd Baronet (1675) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC; Foster; Henning Biographical Memoir by Dorothy Hodgkin [Tracts 430/11] |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/59263727 |
Code | NA6107 |