Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (10 July 1707 – 15 June 1788) was an
English landowner and curate, of
Little Preston,
Yorkshire
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.
The eldest son of Christopher Lowther (d. 1718) and grandson of
Sir William Lowther, he went to school in
Kirkleatham before entering
Trinity College, Cambridge
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in 1726.
Ordained priest in 1734, he became rector of
Swillington from 1757 to 1788.
On 31 August 1753, he married Anne Zouch (d. 1759), sister of
Thomas Zouch. They had two sons, each of whom married a daughter of
John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland:
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William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757–1844)
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Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet (1759–1844)
In 1754, he bought
Alverthorpe Hall from his cousin, Thomas Maude. He inherited the estate of
Swillington in 1763, upon the death of his first cousin
Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet. The following year, on 22 August 1764, he was himself created a
baronet
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.
References
External links
Lowther pedigree 2Lowther MSS
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1707 births
1788 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
18th-century English Anglican priests
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
English landowners
William
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