LOWTHER, Gerard II (1561-1624), of Penrith, Cumb.

bap. 1561, 4th s. of Sir Richard Lowther of Lowther, Westmld. by Frances, da. of John Middleton of Middleton Hall, Cumb. educ. I. Temple 1580, called 1590. m. (1) Grace, da. of Alan Bellingham of Levens, Westmld., wid. of Edmund Cliburn of Cliburn, Westmld., s.p.; (2) Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Ralph Bulmer of Wilton, co. Dur., wid. of one Welbury of Castle Eden, co. Dur., s.p. suc. uncle Gerard I to Penrith 1597. Kntd. 3 May 1618.Vis. Westmld. 13-14; Reg. Lowther (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc.), 13; CSP Carew, 1603-24, pp. 385, 400, 411; Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. ii. 1-8; CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 460; Household Bks. of Ld. Wm. Howard (Surtees Soc. lxviii), 390; D’Ewes, 624, 649, 665, 685; CSP Ire. 1611-14, p. 112; 1615-25, p. 223; Ball, Judges in Ireland, i. 323-4.">