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Samuel Netterville Lowder, (1813 – 4 June 1891) was a

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officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Lowder was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a unit of marines which secured the island of

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on the coast of Finland during the

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and then commanded a battalion of marines providing support to French forces during the French intervention in Mexico in 1863. He became colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in November 1864, colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1866 and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in July 1867 before retiring in July 1872.

References

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