Major the Hon. Christopher William Lowther (18 January 1887 – 7 January 1935) was a British

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politician, the elder son of James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater. Lowther was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. He was commissioned into the

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in 1909. He later transferred to the

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army with its origins in 1798. The regiment provided troops for the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War and served on the Western Front in World War I ...

, serving in the

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. He served as an Assistant

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from 1917 to 1919 and reached the rank of

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

. He married Ina Marjorie Gwendolin Pelly on 17 June 1910, by whom he had one son: *Lt. John Arthur Lowther (1910–1942) He and Ina were divorced in 1921, and he married Dorothy Bromley-Davenport on 16 February 1921, by whom he had three daughters: *Hon. Rosemary Lowther (b. 25 February 1922 – 24 January 2021), married Lt. Douglas Goolden (1914–2001) *Christine Lowther (16 January 1927 – 4 August 1927) *Hon. Jennifer Lowther (b. 11 June 1932), married

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 ...

on 9 September 1954, divorced 1962, later married William Edward Clayfield, Oswald Dickin Carter and James Cornelius Sullivan In January 1921 Lowther defected to the

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led by

Horatio Bottomley Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 – 26 May 1933) was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine ''John Bull (maga ...

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* 1887 births 1935 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Suffolk Yeomanry officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies British Army personnel of World War I Heirs apparent who never acceded UK MPs 1918–1922

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry officers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub