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 Lowther, Viscount Lowther Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther (24 September 1896 – 6 October 1949) was an England, English courtier and soldier. Early life Anthony Edward Lowther was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, ...

, served as

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, Master of the Ullswater Foxhounds, and Chairman of the

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. Her mother, who was from

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and

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, was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Thomas H. Joyce, officer in the

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. Lowther is a paternal great-granddaughter of

Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale, OBE, 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 was educated at Malvern College and Magdalene ...

and of Sir George Farrar, 1st Baronet. She was the niece of

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 ...

and is a first cousin of

Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale (27 May 1949 – 22 June 2021) was the eldest son of James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet. Life Lowther was born on 27 May 1949, the oldest son o ...

. Lowther grew up at Whitbysteads Farm in

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, near Lowther Castle.

Career

Lowther started her career in fashion as a model, doing an advertisement campaign for Gap in the 1980s. She later founded the talent agency Camilla Lowther Management, also called CLM, in London in 1984. The agency manages photographers, stylists, designers, make-up artists, and fashion models. Lowther has represented Juergen Teller, Shonna Heath,

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, Josh Olins, and Tim Walker. In 1996 she launched CLMUS in New York. Lowther sold CLM and CLMUS to The Great Bowery in 2014. She was voted one of 100 Most Connected Women by '' British GQ''.

Personal life

Lowther lives in Westbourne, London. She is married to Charles Aboah, a talent scout from

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. She is the mother of models Adwoa Aboah 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 Lo ...

. Lowther was made an Officer of the

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(OBE) in the

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for her services to British fashion and photography.

References

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