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Authorised form of nameLowe; Robert (1811 - 1892); Viscount Sherbrooke
Dates1811 - 1892
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of birth04 December 1811
Place of deathHis house, Warlingham, Surrey
Date of death27 July 1892
ActivityCareer:
MP for Kidderminster (1852-1859); MP for Calne (1859-1868); MP for University of London (1868-1880)
Honours:
Viscount Sherbrooke 1880; GCB 1885
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/05/1871
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 27 February 1869
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/40441280
CodeNA495
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MC/9/209Letter from Robert Lowe, [Chancellor of the Exchequer], 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, to the Royal SocietyMay 1871
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
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