Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
Freeman, Appleby 1700.
Principal storekeeper of Ordnance 1708–10; gov. Barbados 1710–14, 1715–20.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Maulds Meaburn, Westmld.
Notes
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.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
LOWTHER, Robert (1681-1745)
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