LOWTHER, Sir John, 2nd Bt. I (1642-1706), of Whitehaven, Cumb.

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

LOWTHER, Sir John II, 2nd Bt. (1642-1706), of Whitehaven, Cumb. and Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Main residence: Whitehaven, Cumb.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

LOWTHER, Sir John, 2nd Bt. I (1642-1706)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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