Family and Education
b. c. 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, reader 1715. suc. fa. (who had disinherited his e.s. Christopher) to Whitehaven estates 17 Jan. 1706, and to btcy. on Christopher’s; d. 2 Oct. 1731. unm.
Offices Held
Principal storekeeper of the Ordnance 1696 – 1712; director, South Sea Co. 1733 – 36; alderman, Carlisle 1739 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whitehaven, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
LOWTHER, Sir James, 4th Bt. (c.1673-1755)
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Oxford 1644
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