River Lowther
The River Lowther is a small river which flows through limestone rock in Cumbria, England. It is a tributary of the River Eamont which in turn is a tributary of the River Eden which flows into the Solway Firth near Carlisle. The Lowther begins ...
, Cumbria, England
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Lowther, Cumbria
Lowther is a civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria. Within the parish are the settlements of Lowther Village, Newtown or Lowther Newtown, Hackthorpe, Whale, and Melkinthorpe. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 402, increasing to ...
, civil parish in Cumbria, England
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Lowther, New Zealand
Lowther is a locality in Southland, New Zealand, at the south-eastern corner of the Five Rivers Plain. It lies on , 8 km (5 miles) north of Lumsden. To its east rises Lowther Peak (912 m), named by John Turnbull Thomson, from which the name o ...
CFS Lowther
Canadian Forces Station Lowther (ADC ID: M-119/C-119) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east-southeast of Mattice-Val Côté, Ontario. It was closed in 1987.
It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network c ...
, military installation on Highway 11 near Opasatika, Ontario, Canada
People
*various holders of the earldom of Lonsdale – see
Earl of Lonsdale
Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 (becoming extinct in 1802), and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowth ...
*various holders of baronetcies created for members of the Lowther family – see Lowther baronets
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Anthony Lowther (died 1741)
Anthony Lowther (aft. 1694 – 24 November 1741) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1741.
Lowther was the third and youngest son of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale and his wife Katherine Thynne, daughter o ...
, youngest son of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale
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Anthony Lowther (died 1693)
Anthony Lowther, FRS (c. 1641 – 27 January 1693) was an English landowner, of Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire and Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son of draper Robert Lowther (died 1655), an alderman of London and his second wife Elizab ...
, English landowner, of Marske, and Member of Parliament
* Bernie Lowther (born 1950), New Zealand rugby league player
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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 ...
, British fashion booking agent
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Cecil Lowther
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Sir (Henry) Cecil Lowther, (1 January 1869 – 1 November 1940) was a British general and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, big-game hunter and adventurer.
Career
Born in Ampthill, B ...
Claude Lowther
Colonel Claude William Henry Lowther (1870 – 16 June 1929) was an English Conservative politician.
Early life
Lowther was the only son of Capt. Francis William Lowther and Louise Beatrice de Fonblanque; Francis William was the illegitimate so ...
(1872–1929), English Conservative politician
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Eric Lowther
Eric Lowther (born August 31, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Calgary Centre in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2000. Lowther was born in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Lowther, a business manager befo ...
(born 1954), Canadian politician
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George Lowther (pirate)
George Lowther (died 1723) was an English pirate who, although little is known of his life, was reportedly active in the Caribbean and Atlantic during the early 18th century. His First Mate was Edward Low.
Turn to Piracy
Not much is known about ...
(died 1723), English pirate
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George Lowther (writer)
George F. Lowther (April 9, 1913 – April 28, 1975) was a writer, producer, director in the earliest days of radio and television.
During the 1940s, he was a scriptwriter for the Superman radio programs on the Mutual Radio Network and the ...
(1913–1975), American radio and TV writer, producer and director
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Gerard Lowther (Irish justice)
Sir Gerald (or Gerard) Lowther (1589–1660) was a member of the well-known Lowther family of Westmoreland. He had a distinguished judicial career in Ireland, becoming Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, although his enemies said that his suc ...
(1589–1660), Irish justice
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Sir Gerard Lowther, 1st Baronet
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, (16 February 1858 – 5 April 1916) was a British diplomat.
Diplomatic career
Lowther was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and entered the diplomatic service in 1879. He served in Tokyo, Budapest, and W ...
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton, LVO, MBE, DL (born 28 September 1960) is the former Private Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and to Prince Harry. He was appointed on 2 May 2005 and resigned as full-time Private Secretary with ...
(born 1960), private secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
* John Lowther (disambiguation), several people
* John Lowther du Plat Taylor (1829–1904), British army officer, founder of the Army Postal Corps and the Post Office Rifles
* Matilda Lowther (born 1995), British fashion model
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Norman Lowther Edson
Norman Lowther Edson (1 March 1904 – 12 May 1970), FRSNZ, FNZIC, was the first Professor of Biochemistry (1949–1967) in the University of New Zealand based at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand where he founded a department of ...
(1904–1970), New Zealand professor of biochemistry
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Pat Lowther
Patricia Louise Lowther (born Patricia Louise Tinmuth) (July 29, 1935 – September 24, 1975) was a Canadian poet. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighboring city of North Vancouver.
Life
Lowther's first published poem ...
(1935–1975), Canadian poet
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Richard Lowther (died 1703)
Richard Lowther (1638–1703), English landowner at Maulds Meaburn, was the second son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, and Mary Fletcher.
He received the estate at Maulds Meaburn from his father, and was Member of Parliament for Appleby from ...
, English landowner, MP for Appleby 1689-1690
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Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale
Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (1692 – 1 December 1713) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale and Katherine Thynne.
He succeeded his father at the age of eight, but died in 1713 a few months ...
Shaun Lowther
Shaun Lowther (born 24 January 1962) is a former professional soccer player who played as a defender spending five seasons in the North American Soccer League. Born in England, he made 14 appearances for the Canada national team. He is an exe ...
(born 1962), English-Canadian footballer
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Toupie Lowther
May "Toupie" Lowther (also Toupée; 15 April 1874 – 30 December 1944) was an English tennis player and fencer, active during the late 19th century and early 20th century. During the First World War, she led an all-female English unit of ambul ...
Zac Lowther
Zacary William Lowther ( ; born April 30, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles.
Amateur career
Lowther attended Cuyahoga Heights High Schoo ...
(born 1996), American baseball player
See also
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Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
, motto_translation = Not for Ourselves Alone
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, type = Independent comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary day school
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Lowther Lodge
Lowther Lodge is a house in South Kensington, London, England, immediately south of Hyde Park, which has housed the Royal Geographical Society since 1912.
History
Lowther Lodge was designed by Richard Norman Shaw and built between approxi ...
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Lowther Stakes
The Lowther Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run at York over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each ...
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Pat Lowther Award
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.