LOWTHER, Sir John I, 1st Bt. (1606-75), of Lowther Hall, Westmld.

Family and Education

b. 20 Feb. 1606, 1st s. of Sir John Lowther of Lowther Hall by Eleanor, da. of William Fleming of Rydal; bro. of William Lowther. educ. I. Temple of 1621, called 1630. m. (1) by 1628, Mary, da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton, Cumb., 52. 6da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Hare of Stow Bardolph, Norf., wid. of Woolley Leigh of Addington, Surr., 3s. 3da. suc. fa. 1637; cr. Bt. c.1638.Collins, Peerage, v. 704-5; E. Bellasis, Westmld. Church Notes, ii. 180.

Offices Held

Recorder, Kendal 1636 – 48; j.p. Westmld. by 1641 – ?48, by 1655 – 56, Cumb. Westmld. and Yorks. (N. Riding) July 1660 – d., commr. of array, Cumb. and Westmld. 1642, oyer and terminer, Northern circuit July 1660, assessment, Westmld. Aug. 1660 – d., (N. Riding) 1661 – d., Cumb. 1663 – d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d., steward of Richmond and Marquess fees, barony of Kendal Sept. – Dec. 1660; sheriff, Cumb. 1661 – 62; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Westmld. 1662, charitable uses. Cumb. and Westmld. 1670, recusants, Cumb., Westmld. and N. Riding 1675.Boke off Recorde (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. vii), 29; HMC Portland, i. 186; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 94; 1660–1, p. 284; Westmld. RO, D/Ry 1124.

Col. (royalist) ?1642 – 44; gov. Brougham Castle to 1644.SP23/186/408; HMC Lonsdale, 89.

Parlimentarian

LOWTHER, John II (1606-1675), of Lowther Hall and Hackthorpe, Westmld. and the Inner Temple, London

Main residence: Lowther Hall, Westmld.

Author

M.W.H.

L.N.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

LOWTHER, Sir John I (1606-75)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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