Person Lowth; Robert (1710 - 1787); Bishop of London Lowth Robert Bishop of London Louth 'Robert St Davids' 'Robert London' 1710 - 1787 British Male Winchester, Hampshire, England 27 November 1710 Burial: Fulham, London (03 November 1787)
Clergyman Education: Winchester College (1722); New College, Oxford. BA (1733), MA (1737), DD (1754, by diploma) Career: Ordained as priest; Vicar of Overton, Hampshire (1735); Professor of Poetry, Oxford University (1741- resignation c 1750); Archdeacon of Winchester (1750); Rector of Woodhay, Hampshire (1753); Chaplain to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (FRS 1761) whilst the latter was Lord Hartington; Bishop of St Davids (1766); Bishop of Oxford (1766); Bishop of London (1777) Memberships: Royal Society of Gottingen (1765) Son of William Lowth, divine, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Pitt of Blandford, Dorset; married (1752) Mary, daughter of Lawrence Jackson of Christchurch, Hampshire Fellow 21/11/1765 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Authority: Altname from DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 27 Nov 1710 - 3 Nov 1787 NA8325 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 03d06ed9-c0a8-4e58-88df-969b13846b52