John Lowther (''c.'' 1684 – 1 July 1729) was an

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. He was the son of Ralph Lowther and Mary Lawson, and the grandson of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. He was

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for the borough of

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from 1722 to 1729, alongside his second cousin Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, and died about four months after.

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