Family and Education
b. ?1673, 2nd s. of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt., M.P., of Whitehaven by Jane, da. of Woolley Leigh of Addington, Surr. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 17 Dec. 1688, aged 15; M. Temple 1682, called 1712, bencher 1714. unm. suc. fa. to family estates 1706; e. bro. as 4th Bt. 2 Oct. 1731.
Offices Held
Principal storekeeper of the Ordnance 1696 – 1712; director, South Sea Co. 1733 – 36; v.-adm. of Cumb. and Westmld., alderman, Carlisle 1739 – d.; vice-pres. Foundling Hospital 1753.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whitehaven, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
LOWTHER, James (?1673-1755)
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Oxford 1644
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