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LOWTHER, Sir William (1639-1705), of Gt. Preston Hall, Yorks.

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b. 18 Aug. 1639, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Lowther† of Swillington by Jane, da. of William Busfield, merchant, of Leeds, Yorks. educ. G. Inn, 1655; Balliol, Oxf. 1656. m. bond c.30 Apr. 1662, Catherine, da. of Thomas Harrison of Dancer’s Hill, Mdx. (d. 1708), 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1688; Kntd. 1688. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 306–7, 312–13, 332–3, 340.
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Sheriff, Yorks. 1681–2; commr. Aire and Calder navigation, 1699. HMC Lords, n.s. iii. 204.

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LOWTHER, Sir William (1639-1705), of Gt. Preston Hall, Yorks.
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LOWTHER, William I (1668-94).

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b. 17 June 1668, 2nd s. of Col. John Lowther† of Lowther (d.v.p. s. of Sir John Lowther, 1st Bt.†), being 1st by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of William Withens of Eltham, Kent; half-bro. of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. II*. educ. Middle Temple, 1682; Queen’s, Oxf. 1685; travelled abroad (Italy, Germany). unm. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 182.
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LOWTHER, Robert (1681-1745), of Maulds Meaburn, Westmld.

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b. 8 Dec. 1681, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Lowther† of Maulds Meaburn by Barbara, da. of Robert Pricket of Wressell Castle, Yorks. m. (1) 14 Aug. 1704, Joanna (d. 1722), da. and coh. of John Frere of Barbados, wid. of Thomas Lewis of Barbados, Samuel Crisp of Barbados and Robert Carleton of Carleton of Westmld. s.p.; (2) 22 June 1731, Katherine (d. 1764), da. of Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Bt.†, of Muncaster, Cumb., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1703. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 270–2, 276.
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Freeman, Appleby 1700. Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A minute bk. 3, 13 Nov. 1700.

Principal storekeeper of Ordnance 1708–10; gov. Barbados 1710–14, 1715–20. H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 225.

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LOWTHER, Robert (1681-1745), of Maulds Meaburn, Westmld.
Main residence: Maulds Meaburn, Westmld.
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Unless otherwise stated this article is based upon the account of teh Lowthers of Maulds Meaburn in J. V. Beckett, ‘Inheritance and Fortune in the 18th Cent.: the rise of Sir James Lowther, 5th Bt.†’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, lxxxvii. 171-8.

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LOWTHER, Sir John, 2nd Bt. II (1655-1700), of Lowther Hall, Westmld.

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b. 25 Apr. 1655, 1st s. of Col. John Lowther† of Lowther (d.v.p. s. of Sir John Lowther, 1st Bt.†) by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Bt., of Hilsington, Westmld.; half-bro. of William Lowther I*. educ. Kendal g.s. 1668; Sedbergh 1669; Queen’s, Oxf. 1670–2; I. Temple 1671, called 1677; travelled abroad (France) 1672–4. m. 3 Dec. 1674 (with £5,000), Katherine (d. 1713), da. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Bt., of Kempsford, Glos., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (4 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1668; gdfa. as 2nd Bt. 30 Nov. 1675. cr. Visct. Lonsdale 28 May 1696. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 64–65, 198.
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Custos rot. Westmld. 1678– May 1688, Oct. 1688–d.; ld. lt. Cumb. and Westmld. 1689–94; gov. Carlisle Mar.– Dec. 1689; freeman, Portsmouth 1699. CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 47; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 372.

PC 19 Feb. 1689–d.; vice-chamberlain of Household 1689– Feb. 1694; first ld. of Treasury Mar.– Nov. 1690, ld. of Treasury 1690–2; commr. for inspecting hospitals and houses of charity 1691, appeals for prizes 1694–6, of appeal in Admiralty cases 1697; ld. privy seal 18 May 1699–d.; ld. justice 30 May–18 Oct. 1699, 27 June 1700–d. CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 240, 473; 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, p. 112; 1697, p. 511.

Gov. Ironmakers’ Co. 1693; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695; gov. Charterhouse by 1700. Sel. Charters, 229; Add. 10120, f. 233; Al. Carth. 62.

FRS 1699–d.

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LOWTHER, Sir John III, 2nd Bt. (1655-1700), of Lowther Hall, Westmld.
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LOWTHER, Sir John, 2nd Bt. I (1642-1706), of Whitehaven, Cumb.

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b. 9 Nov. 1642, 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Bt., of Whitehaven by Frances, da. and h. of Christopher Lancaster of Sockbridge, Westmld. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1657–8. m. 6 Mar. 1660, Jane, da. of Woolley Leigh of Addington, Surr., 2s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Apr. 1644. H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 234, 240.
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Jt. farmer of excise, Cumb. 1662–5; ld. of Admiralty 1689–96; v.-adm. Cumb. and Westmld. 1686–1702. Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 424.

FRS 1664.

Member, R. African Co. 1672.

Commr. reprisals, Barbados and Jamaica 1693; Greenwich Hosp. 1694, 1704. CSP Dom. 1693, p. 216; Add. 10120, f. 233; Daily Courant, 8 Aug. 1704.

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LOWTHER, Sir John II, 2nd Bt. (1642-1706), of Whitehaven, Cumb. and Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.
Main residence: Whitehaven, Cumb.
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LOWTHER, James (1673-1755), of the Middle Temple, London

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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.
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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.

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LOWTHER, James (?1673-1755), of Whitehaven, Cumb.
Main residence: the Middle Temple, London.
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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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LOWNDES, William (1652-1724), of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, Mdx.; Winslow and Chesham, Bucks.

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b. 1 Nov. 1652, yr. s. of Robert Lowndes (d. 1683) of Winslow, by Elizabeth, da. of Peter Fitzwilliams. educ. free sch. Buckingham. m. (1) 26 Oct. 1679, Elizabeth (d. 1680), da. of Sir Roger Harsnett of Dulwich, Kent, Treasury serjeant, 1s.; (2) 25 Nov. 1683, Jane (d. 1685), da. of Simon Hopper of Richmond, Surr., 1da. (d.v.p.); (3) 12 July 1686, Elizabeth (d. 1689), da. of Rev. Richard Martyn DD, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); (4) 29 Nov. 1691, Rebecca (d. 1742), da. of John Shales, auditor of Exchequer 1678–95, 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.). Bucks. RO, Lowndes mss D/LO/5/12, family pedigree 1066–1868; D/LO/6/18/1, Lowndes’s family notes; DNB; S. B. Baxter, Treasury, 209; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxx), 9, 151; PRO, Lists, ‘Exchequer Offrs.’, 131.
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Clerk, Treasury c. 1675, chief clerk 1689, sec. 1695– June 1711, senior sec. June 1711–d.; serjeant-at-arms, Treasury 1682; agent for taxes 1685–?89. Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 724; viii. 78–79.

Surveyor of the blowing houses, Cornw. and Devon 1679; king’s waiter, port of London 1680. Ibid. v. 1285, 1288; vi. 630, 753.

Commr. Million Act 1694, for Greenwich Hosp. 1695–1704, taking subscriptions to land bank 1696, taking subscriptions to South Sea Co. 1711. Ibid. x. 553; Add. 10120, f. 233; CJ, xii. 509; Pittis, Present Parl. 350.

Freeman, Seaford 1695. E. Suss. RO, SEA 7, Seaford ct. bk. p. 65.

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LOWNDES, William (1652-1724), of Chesham, Bucks.
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LORAINE, William (1658-1744), of Kirkharle, Northumb.

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b. c. Sept. 1658, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Loraine, 1st Bt., of Kirkharle by Grace, da. of Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Bt.†, of Wallington, Northumb. and sis. and coh. of Sir John Fenwick†. educ. L. Inn 1678, called 1692. m. (1) c.1687, Elizabeth (d. 1690), da. of Sir John Lawrence, ld. mayor 1664–5, of St. Helen’s, London, s.p.; (2) 1692, Anne (d. 1756), da. of Richard Smith of Preston, Bucks. 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. mother 1706, fa. as 2nd Bt. 10 Jan. 1718. Gen. and Mems. Loraine Fam. (1738), 12–17.
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LONG, Walter (c.1648-1731), of Bristol, Glos. and South Wraxhall, Wilts.

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b. c. 1648, o. s. of Walter Long of Bristol and South Wraxhall by his w. Barbara. educ. Trinity, Oxf. matric. 1 Apr. 1664, aged 15. unm. suc. fa. 1669, cos. Hope Long 1715. Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iii. 58; PROB 6/92, f. 96.
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Sheriff, Wilts. 1703–4.

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LONG, Walter (c.1648-1731), of Bristol, Glos. and South Wraxhall, Wilts.
Main residences: Bristol, Glos.; South Wraxhall, Wilts.
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LONG, Richard (1668-1730), of Rowde Ashton, Wilts.

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bap. 7 Apr. 1668, 2nd s. of Richard Long of Collingbourne Kingston, Wilts. by Elizabeth, da. of Edward Long of Rowde Ashton. m. (1) by 1689, Elizabeth (d. 1691), da. of Thomas Long of Rowden, Chippenham, Wilts., 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by 1726, Grace, da. of John Stileman of Steeple Ashton, Wilts., wid. of John Martyn of Hinton, Steeple Ashton, s.p. suc. uncle Henry Long at Rowde Ashton 1674. Burke, Commoners, iv. 64; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iii. 46, 70; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv–cvi), 116.
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Sheriff, Wilts. 1702–3.

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LONG, Richard (1668-1730), of Rowde Ashton, Wilts.
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LONG, Richard (1668-1730)

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