LOWTHER, John (1655-1700) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 25 Apr. 1655, 1st s. of Col. John Lowther^‡ of Lowther (d.1668) and 1st w. Elizabeth (d.1661), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st bt. of Hilsington, Westmld.; half-bro. of William Lowther^‡. educ. Kendal g.s. 1668; Sedbergh sch. Yorks. 1669; Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 1670; travelled abroad (France) 1672–3; I. Temple c.1675, called 1677. m. 3 Dec. 1674 (with £5,000), Catherine (d.1713), da. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne of Kempsford, Glos. 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 9da. (4 d.v.p.). suc. grandfa. 30 Nov. 1675 as 2nd bt. [Nova Scotia]. d. 10 July 1700; will 16 Sep. 1698–8 Mar. 1699, pr. 18 Oct. 1700. TNA, PROB 11/457.

Offices Held

PC 19 Feb. 1689 – d.; v.-chamberlain 1689 – 94; first ld. of treasury Mar. – Nov. 1690, ld. of treasury Nov. 1690–2; commr. inspecting hospitals and houses of charity 1691, appeals for prizes 1694, 1695, 1696, of appeals in admiralty cases 1697; ld. privy seal 1699 – d.; ld. justice 1699, 1700.

Custos rot. Westmld. 1678 – May 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Cumb. 1689 – d.; v.-adm. Cumb. and Westmld. 1686–d.; Cumb. RO, D/Lons/L13/1/45. gov. Carlisle Mar. – Dec. 1689; ld. lt. Cumb. and Westmld. 1689 – 94; freeman, Portsmouth 1699.

Gov. Ironmakers’ Co. 1693, Charterhouse by 1700; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695. FRS 1699 – d.

Parlimentarian

LOWTHER, Sir John III, 2nd Bt. (1655-1700), of Lowther Hall, Westmld.

Associated with: Lowther Hall, Westmld.; Hackthorpe Hall, Westmld.

Likenesses

oils on canvas by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c.1690, Government Art Collection; oil on canvas, attrib. Mary Beale, 1677?, Longleat, Wilts.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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