Robert Lowther (13 December 1681 – September 1745) was an English landowner, holding the estate of

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, and colonial governor. He was the eldest son of Richard Lowther and Barbara Prickett. He owned the Christchurch Plantation, a

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. From 1711 to 1714 and 1715 to 1720, he served as

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. The Privy Council met in Whitehall to hear several complaints against Lowther on 4, 5, 12, 18 and 25 October 1720. At their meeting on the 25th the Council ordered a warrant to be issued for Lowther's arrest for 'Crimes and Misdemeanours Committed by him in the said Island, which were fully proved before Their Excellencies in the council, and several other Complaints having been made to this Board against him, Their Excellencies Judged it incumbent on them to take care that Crimes so Heinous should not Escape the punishment due to them by Law'.''Barbados''. Privy Council Register, Volume 3, 1720 (Reference: PC 2/97). pp.22-24. On 22 June 1731, he married his cousin Katherine Pennington, daughter of

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. They had five children: *

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(1736–1802) *Margaret Lowther (1728 – 10 September 1800), married on 19 March 1757

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*Katherine Lowther (d. 21 March 1809), married on 8 April 1765

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* Robert Lowther (1741–1777) *Barbara Lowther, died unmarried

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* 1681 births 1745 deaths English landowners English slave owners English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1707–1708 Governors of Barbados

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