Christopher Lowther (other)
Christopher Lowther may refer to: *Christopher Lowther of Little Preston (died 1718), younger son of Sir William Lowther, ancestor of the Earls of Lonsdale * Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet (died 1644) *Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1666–1731) *Christopher Lowther (politician) Major the Hon. Christopher William Lowther (18 January 1887 – 7 January 1935) was a British Conservative Party politician, the elder son of James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater. Lowther was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Camb ...

William Lowther (1639–1705)
Sir William Lowther (18 August 1639 – 7 December 1705) was an English landowner and MP. He was the eldest son of Sir William Lowther of Swillington, near Leeds and educated at Gray's Inn and Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f .... He succeeded his father in 1688 and was knighted the same year. He was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1681. He was commissioner for the Aire and Calder Navigation in 1699 and elected Member of Parliament for Pontefract in 1695, sitting until 1698. He died at Little Preston Hall near Leeds in 1705 and was buried at Kippax. He had married Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Harrison of Middlesex, and had ten children: * Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (1663–1729) *son, first apprenticed to a merchant, ...
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Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet
Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet (d April 1644) was an English merchant and landowner, responsible for the initial development of Whitehaven as a port. He was born at Skirwith Hall, the second son of Sir John Lowther of Lowther (d. 1637) and Eleanor Fleming of Skirwith. Admitted to the Inner Temple in 1627, he apparently studied the mercantile trade with his uncle Robert (d. 1655) as well as legal studies. It was apparently intended that he run the Irish portion of the family enterprises from Whitehaven, which was well situated for trading with Dublin. Lowther proved to be a good merchant, trading a variety of goods in Ireland and the Canary Islands, including textiles, beef, salt, coal and herring. He also developed salt works around Whitehaven in conjunction with Sir George Radcliffe, then influential in Irish politics. This led to the construction of the first pier at Whitehaven, which much improved its value as a port. Lowther was in Hamburg on a textile ventu ...
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Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet
Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1666 – 2 October 1731) was an English baronet, the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Jane Leigh (died 1678). His alcoholism and irresponsibility caused his father to disinherit him in 1701, leaving his brother James to become master of the Lowther estates at Whitehaven. Early life Lowther was born at Sockbridge Hall (his paternal grandmother had been the last of the Lancasters of Sockbridge) and baptised on 4 June 1666. Correspondence suggests he may have been lame. He entered Queen's College, Oxford in 1685, but left after a year, having fallen in with a rakish set there, and taken to drinking and gambling. In 1688, he took up legal studies at the Inns of Court in 1688; his behavior having improved somewhat, his father canvassed (with Sir John Lowther of Lowther, whose pocket borough it was) the idea of Christopher becoming MP for Appleby. Estrangement from father However, father and son quarreled in 1691, and were not reconc ...
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