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Richard Lowther (1532-1608)
Richard Lowther may refer to: *Sir Richard Lowther (1532–1608), twice High Sheriff of Cumberland and Lord Warden of the West March *Richard Lowther (died 1703) (1638–1703), MP for Appleby 1689–1690 *Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (1692–1713), English nobleman * Richard Lowther (died 1659) (1583–1659), English lawyer *Richard Lowther (1602-1645) Richard Lowther may refer to: *Sir Richard Lowther (1532–1608), twice High Sheriff of Cumberland and Lord Warden of the West March *Richard Lowther (died 1703) (1638–1703), MP for Appleby 1689–1690 *Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (169 ...
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Richard Lowther (1532–1608)
Sir Richard Lowther (14 February 1532 – 27 January 1607) of Lowther Hall, Westmorland was an English soldier and official. He was twice High Sheriff of Cumberland and Lord Warden of the West March in 1592. Life He was grandson of John Lowther, captain of Carlisle Castle in 1545, and who was twice sheriff of Cumberland during the reign of Henry VIII. John Lowther married Lucy, daughter of Sir Christopher Curwen of Workington. He was the eldest son of Hugh Lowther (died 1546?), by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford. He succeeded to the family estates at Lowther and elsewhere in Westmorland on his grandfather's death in 1552. Richard Lowther was created deputy-warden of the west marches early in Elizabeth's reign, and was knighted and appointed high sheriff of Cumberland in 1565. Captivity of Mary Queen of Scots In the course of her flight to the Solway, after her defeat at the battle of Langside in May 1568, Mary Queen of Scots sent a letter to ...
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Richard Lowther (died 1703)
Richard Lowther (1638–1703), English landowner at Maulds Meaburn, was the second son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, and Mary Fletcher. He received the estate at Maulds Meaburn from his father, and was Member of Parliament for Appleby from 1689 to 1690. Lowther married Barbara Prickett and had two sons: *Richard Lowther, no issue * Robert Lowther (1681–1745), Governor of Barbados ReferencesLowther pedigree 2*History of Parliament English MPs 1689–1690 1638 births 1703 deaths Younger sons of baronets English landowners Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
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Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale
Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (1692 – 1 December 1713) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale and Katherine Thynne. He succeeded his father at the age of eight, but died in 1713 a few months after reaching his majority. References 1692 births 1713 deaths Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ... 2 {{England-viscount-stub ...
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Richard Lowther (died 1659)
Richard Lowther (ca. 1583April 1659) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. Lowther was the son of Sir Christopher Lowther, of Lowther, Westmorland and his wife Eleanor Musgrave, daughter of William Musgrave of Hayton Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 14 May 1602, aged 18, and was awarded BA on 22 February 1605. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1614. He was of St. Giles, Cripplegate and was a J.P. for Middlesex. He was elected MP for Appleby for the Short Parliament in April 1640. His cousin of the same name, Richard Lowther (1602-1645) Richard Lowther may refer to: *Sir Richard Lowther (1532–1608), twice High Sheriff of Cumberland and Lord Warden of the West March *Richard Lowther (died 1703) (1638–1703), MP for Appleby 1689–1690 *Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (169 ..., was a Member of Parliament in 1626–28; he is sometimes mistakenly identified with this Richard. Lowther founded a school ...
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