Family and Education
b. 30 July 1787, 1st s. of William Lowther†, 1st earl of Lonsdale, and Lady Augusta Fane, da. of John Fane†, 9th earl of Westmorland; bro. of Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther*. educ. Harrow 1796-1803/4; ‘under the roof of the Rev. John Stonard’, 1804; Heber Letters, 196. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1805. unm. styled. Visct. Lowther 1807-41. summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Bar. Lowther 8 Sept. 1841; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Lonsdale 19 Mar. 1844. d. 4 Mar. 1872.
Offices Held
Ld. of admiralty Nov. 1809 – July 1810; commr. bd. of control July 1810 – June 1818; ld. of treasury Nov. 1813 – Apr. 1827; PC 30 May 1828; chief commr. of woods, forests and land revenues June 1828 – Dec. 1830; vice-pres. bd. of trade and treas. of navy Dec. 1834 – May 1835; postmaster-gen. Sept. 1841 – Dec. 1845; ld. pres. of council Feb. – Dec. 1852.
Dir. Greenwich Hosp. 1819.
Lt.-col. Whitehaven militia 1809.
Ld. lt. Cumb. and Westmld. 1844 – 68.
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Commons 1820-1832
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LOWTHER, William, Visct. Lowther (1787-1872)
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