Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther (24 September 1896 – 6 October 1949) was an English courtier and soldier.

Early life

Anthony Edward Lowther was the eldest son of

Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, Order of the British Empire, OBE, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (25 June 1867 – 11 March 1953) was an English peer, the fourth and youngest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale. Biography Lowther wa ...

by his first wife, the former Gwendoline Sophia Alice Sheffield (1869–1921). After the death of his mother in 1921, his father remarried to Sybil Beatrix Feetham, the only child of Maj Gen Edward Feetham of Farmwood. His maternal grandparents were the former Priscilla Dumaresq (daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Dumaresq) and Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet. His paternal grandparents were

Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (27 March 1818 – 15 August 1876) was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. Early life Lowther was born on 27 March 1818. He was the eldest son of Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther and Lady Lucy Sherard ...

and Emily, Countess Lowther (

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Emily Susan Caulfeild), the daughter of St George Caulfeild of Donamon Castle of

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, Ireland.

Career

He was appointed a

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on 7 April 1908 and served in that office until 25 March 1913. Educated at

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, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) on 11 August 1915. Lowther returned to the family estates after the war, dwelling in Clifton Hall,

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. Like many of his family, he was influential in local affairs, serving as High Sheriff of Westmorland in 1930, and being appointed honorary colonel of the 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment on 19 December 1931. He moved from Clifton Hall to Askham Hall in 1933. This building, bought by the Lowthers in 1815, was carefully restored and modernized under his direction. His career as a county gentleman continued when, on 29 April 1937, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for

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by his uncle,

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, and he himself became

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two years later.

Personal life

On 1 February 1922, Lowther married Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir

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, 1st

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, of

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Bucks, by whom he had three children: *

James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (3 November 1922 – 23 May 2006), was a British peer. Background and education Lowther was the elder son of Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther, and Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir George H ...

(1922–2006), who married four times. * Hon. Anthony George Lowther (b. 1925), who married Lavinia Joyce of

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(parents of

Camilla Lowther Camilla Ann Lowther is a British fashion booking agent and the founder of Camilla Lowther Management. Early life and family Lowther is the daughter of Captain Anthony George Lowther and Lavinia Joyce. Her father, the second son of Anthony Low ...

, maternal grandparents of models

Adwoa Aboah Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah (born 18 May 1992) is a British fashion model and actress. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British ''Vogue''. She has also been on the cover of '' American Vogue'', ''Vogue Italia'', ''Vogue Poland'', and ...

and

Kesewa Aboah Kesewa Arbell Lavinia Aboah (born May 1994) is a British artist and model. Early life and family Aboah was born in London, England, to Charles Aboah, a Ghanaian location scout in the fashion industry and former barrister clerk, and Camilla L ...

). Lavinia Joyce was the only child of Lt.-Col. Thomas H. Joyce, an officer in the

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. * Hon. Ann Mary Lowther (1927–1956), who married Colonel Julian Fane M.C. (1921–2013). Upon the death of his uncle in 1944, Anthony assumed the style of Viscount Lowther as heir apparent to the Earldom. However, he predeceased his father in 1949, at the age of 53. His widow died on 25 February 1968.

References

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Anthony Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the '' Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descenda ...

British Army personnel of World War I