LOWTHER, James (1673-1755), of the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education

bap. 5 Aug. 1673, 2nd s. of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. I*. educ. Hatton Garden, London; M. Temple 1682, called 1712, bencher 1714; Queen’s, Oxf. 1688. unm. suc. to family estates 1706, bro. as 4th Bt. 2 Oct. 1731. W. Jackson, Cumb. and Westmld. Peds. and Pprs. ii. 169.

Offices Held

Clerk of deliveries to Ordnance 1696–1701, principal storekeeper 1701–8; steward of Richmond fee 1708–?; PC Aug. 1714. H. C. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 225; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxii. 187, 240.

V.-adm. Cumb. and Westmld. 1714–?; alderman, Carlisle 1739–d.

Gov. St. Thomas’ Hosp. 1719; vice-pres. London Infirmary 1747, Foundling Hosp. 1753. J. Aubrey, Surrey (1719), 316; Gent. Mag. 1747, p. 564.

Dir. S. Sea Co. 1733–6. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, lxxxii. 145.

FRS 1736. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 250.

Parlimentarian

LOWTHER, James (?1673-1755), of Whitehaven, Cumb.

Main residence: the Middle Temple, London.

Notes

Unless otherwise stated this article is based upon J. V. Beckett, ‘A Back-Bench MP in the 18th Century: Sir James Lowther of Whitehaven’, Parlty. Hist. i. 79-97.

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LOWTHER, James (1673-1755)

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