Richard Lowther (ca. 1583April 1659) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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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

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on 14 May 1602, aged 18, and was awarded BA on 22 February 1605. He was called to the bar at

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in 1614. He was of St. Giles, Cripplegate and was a J.P. for Middlesex. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Lloyd-Lytton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 921–955. Date accessed: 5 May 2012
/ref> He was elected MP for Appleby for the

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in April 1640. His cousin of the same name, Richard Lowther (1602-1645), was a Member of Parliament in 1626–28; he is sometimes mistakenly identified with this Richard. Lowther founded a school in 1638 which was built at Lowther in 1640.The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 93, Part 2
/ref> Lowther died at the age of about 75 and was buried in Lothbury church.

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