The Lowell family is one of the

Boston Brahmin The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often associated with Harvard University; Anglicanism; and traditional Anglo-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonis ...

families of New England, known for both intellectual and commercial achievements. The family had emigrated to Boston from England in 1639, led by the patriarch Percival Lowle (1571–1665). The surname was spelt in many ways until it was standardised as Lowell from about 1721, apparently by the Rev. John Lowell. It was a later

John Lowell John Lowell (June 17, 1743 – May 6, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a Judge of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture under the Articles of Confederation, a United States district judge of the United States Distri ...

(1743–1802) from whom the famous dynasty was descended.

Background

The Lowells originally settled on the North Shore at

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after they arrived in

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on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle (1571–1665), described as a "solid citizen of

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", determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World. By the 19th and 20th centuries, the Lowells descended from

(1743–1802) were widely considered to be one of America's most accomplished families.

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Governor

John Winthrop John Winthrop (January 12, 1587/88 – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led t ...

needed solid, dependable people to settle the North Shore area as a buffer against the French from Canada and urged that the Lowells relocate to

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on the

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, at the border of the failing

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Ancestry in the UK

Origin of the name

Many suggestions about the origins of the

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name Lowle were offered during the late 20th century. Some argued that it was

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while others supported the name was of

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origin. One possibility is that it originates from the Latin word lupellus (wolf-cub) from Latin lupus (wolf). Lowell family historian

Delmar R. Lowell Rev. Delmar Rial Lowell (November 29, 1844 – 1912) was a minister, Civil War veteran, American historian, and genealogist. Delmar was born in South Valley, NY to Reuben and Catherine Seeber Lowell. He used the spelling "Delm''e''r" for a fe ...

, gave much weight and persuasion to the origins of the name Lowle in his work and he and others concluded the Lowles of England were unquestionably of Norman descent. There were still Louels in Scotland on the

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in the Royal Burgh of

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when

Edward Longshanks Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal ...

, King of England, ordered the nobility and gentry in Scotland to swear an oath of allegiance to him in the Ragman Roll in 1291. It is during this period, in 1288, that the earliest documentation for the name Lowle appears. William Lowle of Yardley in Worcestershire is documented as a yeoman, and standing as a witness to a border dispute between two of his neighbours. It is from this period that Delmar Lowell traces the descent of the Lowles through England until their departure for the colonies. Documentation for this period also exists in

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of England showing that there were also Lowels in the

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. In 1317,

William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose William de Braose (–1326) was the second Baron Braose, as well as Lord of Gower and Lord of Bramber. He was held as a hostage after being captured in 1264 during the Second Barons' War and records of some of his childhood expenses survive f ...

petitioned

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, the King's Council, and the Parliament to request that

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher Lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marri ...

send two justices to arrest and bring to trial 200–300 men he accused of attacking his Knights and Ministers and for, ''"trespasses made against the King's peace to Brewose and his people of Gower."'', a peninsula, part of

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in Wales. Members named in this band of men included Ieuan and Griffith Lowel for the attack at Eynon.

Coat of arms

The

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, a British publisher of the official Royal

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, describes the Lowle Coate of Arms from the herald's records taken in

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shire in the years 1573, 1591, and 1623. *

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: Sable, a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts, one in pale and two in saltire, all in argent. *

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: A Stag's head cabossed, between the attires a pheon azure. *

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: Occasionem Cognosce (oh-kay-see-OH-nem kogg-NOHS-keh). The coat of arms has a shield with black field displaying a right hand cut-off at the wrist and grabbing three arrows, one vertical and two crossed diagonally, in silver; above the shield is a male deer's head with a barbed, broad arrowhead in blue between its antlers. A loose translation of the family motto is ''Know Your Opportunity.'' The use of the Lowle Coat of Arms has varied slightly between the generations; some families omitted the pheon azure or substituted blunted bolts for the pointed darts; and one generation, notably a pastor, used an

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in his families crest instead of the stag's head. The right for a man to bear arms traditionally passes from father to eldest son; occasionally subsequent generations change the Coat of Arms to reflect their lives or vocations better, sometimes even "quartering" their Coat of Arms with another family by way of marriage. Some believe that the Lowle Coat of Arms fell into

abeyance Abeyance (from the Old French ''abeance'' meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...

when Percival Lowle and his sons emigrated to Massachusetts. They were still subjects of the Crown and its favor until the colonies declared Independence from Britain in 1776 and were entitled to bear their Coat of Arms. Also, there were a number of Lowles who remained in England who could claim the right.

Lowle to Lowell

After Percival Lowle emigrated to the

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with his sons and after some subsequent generations Lowle became Lowell. Delmar Lowell suggests that Rev. John Lowell was the catalyst in getting the Lowell family into cohesion regarding the spelling of the surname sometime after 1721. At the time, Lowells all over New England spelled their names as many different ways as there were branches. Some spelled their surname Lowel, Lowle, Lowell, Lowl, and some spelled it Louell, and Louel even after arriving in the new world. Spelling was so poorly controlled that some early wills show one son with the name Lowle while another son is Lowel and the wife as Lowell all in the same document. It's unlikely that one member of the family had such a big impact on the name. He may well have influenced many Lowells in America to be consistent, but documentation shows that Lowles in England started spelling their name Lowell around this time as well. By the mid 18th century in England there are plenty of documents for Lowells and none for the prior spellings. This suggests that the proliferation of literacy and a trend to standardize the English language caused members of the family on both sides of the Atlantic to adopt the phonetic spelling.

Family tree

The Lowell family of Boston was traditionally known as the descendants of John Lowell (1743–1802) of

. His descendants were the Lowells, well known as members of the Boston Brahmins.Scott Steward and Christopher Child, The Descendants of Judge John Lowell of Newburyport Massachusetts, 2010 *

(1743–1802), Member of the Continental Congress and Federal Judge **

(1769–1840), lawyer and Federalist ***

John Amory Lowell John Amory Lowell (November 11, 1798 – October 31, 1881) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston. He became the sole trustee of the Lowell Institute when his first cousin, John Lowell, Jr. (1799–1836), the Institute's ...

(1798–1881), industrialist, philanthropist ****

(1824–1897), Federal Judge ***** John Lowell (1856–1922), lawyer ****** Mary Emlen Lowell (1884–1975), Countess of Berkeley, m. Randall Thomas Mowbray Berkeley, 8th

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****** Ralph Lowell (1890–1978), philanthropist, founder of WGBH and PBS ****** Olivia Lowell (1898–1977), m.

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(1896–1986) ***** James Lowell (1869–1933), Federal Judge ****

Augustus Lowell Augustus Lowell (January 15, 1830 – June 22, 1900) was a wealthy Massachusetts industrialist, philanthropist, horticulturist, and civic leader. A member of the Brahmin Lowell family, he was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his secon ...

(1830–1900), industrialist, philanthropist m. Katherine Bigelow Lawrence (1832–1896), daughter of

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, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, congressman, industrialist, and original founder of the Harvard School of Engineering *****

Percival Lowell Percival Lowell (; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. ...

(1855–1916), astronomer *****

Abbott Lawrence Lowell Abbott Lawrence Lowell (December 13, 1856 – January 6, 1943) was an American educator and legal scholar. He was President of Harvard University from 1909 to 1933. With an "aristocratic sense of mission and self-certainty," Lowell cut a large f ...

(1856–1943), President of

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, 1909–33 ***** Katharine Lowell (1858–1925), m. Alfred Roosevelt (1856–1891), banker, director of

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, and

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****** Elfrida Roosevelt (1883–1963), m.

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, military officer *******

Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Baronet (6 July 1906, in London, United Kingdom – 22 January 1973, in Bibury, Gloucestershire), was the son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet and Elfrida Roosevelt. He was educated at Eton College and Christ ...

(1906–1973) ******** Sir Toby Clarke, 6th Baronet (1939–2019), British businessman ********* Theodora Roosevelt Clarke (1985–), United Kingdom parliamentarian *********

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****** Katharine Roosevelt (1887–1961), m. Josiah

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Reeve, sportsman and foxhunter *****

Elizabeth Lowell Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS Elizabeth, HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * Elisa ...

(1862–1935), m.

William Lowell Putnam William Lowell Putnam II (November 22, 1861 – June 1923) (more commonly known as William Putnam, Sr.) was an American lawyer and banker. Putnam was the son of George and Harriet (Lowell) Putnam. He graduated from Harvard in 1882, and proc ...

(see below) ****** George Putnam (1889–1960), founder of

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****** Katherine Putnam (1890–1983), m.

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(1888–1963) *******

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(1917–2000), foreign affairs advisor to

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and

Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

*******

McGeorge Bundy McGeorge "Mac" Bundy (March 30, 1919 – September 16, 1996) was an American academic who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 through 1966. He was president of the Ford Founda ...

(1919–1996), U.S. National Security Advisor ******* Katharine Lawrence Bundy (1923–2014), m. Hugh Auchincloss Jr. (1915–1998), 1st cousin once removed of

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******** Hugh Auchincloss III (b. 1949), m. Laurie Hollis Glimcher (b. 1951), divorced; daughter of Melvin J. Glimcher ********* Jacob Daniel Auchincloss (b. 1988), U.S. Representative for

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since 2021 ******

Roger Putnam Roger Lowell Putnam (December 19, 1893 – November 24, 1972) was an American politician and businessman. A member of the prominent Lowell family of Boston, he served as Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1937 until 1943, and as director ...

(1893–1972), Mayor of Springfield, Director of the Economic Stability Administration (ESA) *****

Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school, which promoted a return to classical values. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Life Amy Lowell was born on Febru ...

(1874–1925),

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-winning poet **

Francis Cabot Lowell Francis Cabot Lowell (April 7, 1775 – August 10, 1817) was an American businessman for whom the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States. Early life Francis Cabot ...

(1775–1817), pioneer textile industrialist *** John Lowell, Jr. (1799–1836), Founder of the

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*** Francis Cabot Lowell, Jr. (1803–1874), industrialist **** George Gardner Lowell (1830–1885) *****

(1855–1911), Federal Judge **** Edward Jackson Lowell (1845–1894), historian *****

Guy Lowell Guy Lowell (August 6, 1870 – February 4, 1927), was an American architect and landscape architect. Biography Born in Boston, Lowell was the son of Mary Walcott (Goodrich) and Edward Jackson Lowell, and a member of Boston's well-known Lowe ...

(1870–1927), architect ***** Frederick Eldridge Lowell (1874–1933), landscape painter ****** Mariana Lowell (1904–1979) m.

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(1907–2012), historian ******* Roger Barzun (1941–), lawyer ********

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(1970–), Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Sweden m. Brooke Brown ** Rebecca Russell Lowell (1779–1853), m. Samuel Pickering Gardner (1767–1843) *** John Lowell Gardner (1804–1884) **** John Lowell Gardner (1837–1898), m. Isabella Stewart (1840–1924) ** Charles Lowell (1782–1861), Unitarian minister *** Charles Russell Lowell (1807–1870) **** Charles Russell Lowell, Jr. (1835–1864), Civil War general, m. Josephine Shaw **** Harriet Lowell (1836–1920), m. George Putnam (1834–1917) *****

(1861–1923), lawyer and banker, m.

(see above) *** Mary Traill Spence Lowell Putnam (1810–1898), author, translator *** Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1816–1891) **** Robert T.S. Lowell (1860–1887) ***** Robert T.S. Lowell (1887–1950), naval officer ******

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(1917–1977), Pulitzer Prize–winning poet ***

James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ri ...

(1819–1891), American Romantic poet, Ambassador to Spain and England

Notable Lowells

, lawyer, historian, philanthropist, and former President of

, poet, critic, publisher, and sister of Abbott Lawrence and Percival Lowell *

, businessman, philanthropist, and father of Percival, Abbott Lawrence, and Amy Lowell * Carey Lowell, model, actress and philanthropist *

Charles Russell Lowell, Sr. Charles Lowell (15 August 1782 – 20 January 1861) was a Unitarian minister and a son of judge John Lowell, as well as the father of James Russell Lowell and Robert Traill Spence Lowell. Biography He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attend ...

, Unitarian pastor, son of The Old Judge, father of James Russell, and great-great grandfather of Robert Lowell *

Charles Russell Lowell Charles Russell Lowell III (January 2, 1835 – October 20, 1864) was a railroad executive, foundryman, and General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was mourned by a number ...

, Union General and

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hero *

, pastor, Civil War veteran, and genealogist * Edward Jackson Lowell, author and father of Guy Lowell *

(1775–1817), businessman and namesake of

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...

(1855–1911), U.S. Congressman and Federal Judge *

, architect and landscape designer *

, poet, critic, publisher, abolitionist, Harvard professor, and foreign diplomat *

Joan Lowell Joan Lowell (born Helen Wagner; November 23, 1902 – November 7, 1967) was a movie actress of the silent film era from Berkeley, California. Lowell published a sensational autobiography, ''Cradle of the Deep'', in 1929, which turned out to ...

, actress and newspaper reporter * Rev. John Lowell, colonial era Massachusetts minister *

aka ''The Old Judge'', Federal Judge appointed by President

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

and American Revolutionary * John Lowell, Jr., aka ''The Boston Rebel'', Federalist lawyer and son of ''The Old Judge'' * John Lowell, Jr. Son of Industrialist Francis Cabot Lowell and founder of the

, businessman and philanthropist * Judge John Lowell, Federal judge and son of John Amory Lowell *

Josephine Shaw Lowell Josephine Shaw Lowell (December 16, 1843 – October 12, 1905) was a Progressive Reform leader in the United States in the Nineteenth century. She is best known for creating the New York Consumers League in 1890. Seth Low's biographer descri ...

, sister of Civil War hero

Robert Gould Shaw Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a prominent Boston Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist family, he accepted command of the firs ...

, first woman to hold a public office in New York City, and wife of Gen. Charles Russell Lowell *

Maria White Lowell Maria White Lowell (July 8, 1821 – October 27, 1853) was an American poet and abolitionist. Her poems were privately printed by her husband, James Russell Lowell, the poet, two years after her death. Early life Maria White was born in Watertow ...

, poet, abolitionist, and wife of James Russell Lowell *

, author, astronomer, founder of

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, and brother of Amy and Abbott Lawrence Lowell * Ralph Lowell, businessman, philanthropist, and founding force behind Boston's

WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...

public television *

, poet and lecturer Other notable descendants: *

Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet DL, JP (4 September 1892 – 11 April 1973) was the 628th Lord Mayor of London. Career The son of Benjamin Bately Ackroyd and Emily Armitage, he attended school in Dewsbury, followed by the University ...

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(1955–56) *

Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (February 26, 1861 – November 2, 1962) was an American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation. Early life Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School. His father was S ...

, businessman and philanthropist * Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician * Abbott Lowell Cummings, noted Yale architectural historian *

John Lowell Gardner II John Lowell "Jack" Gardner Jr. (November 26, 1837 – December 10, 1898) was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He and his wife, Isabella Stewart Gardner, were patrons of the arts whose collection is now housed in the Isab ...

, art collector *

, banker, lawyer, and philanthropist *

William Lowell Putnam III William Lowell Putnam III (October 25, 1924 – December 20, 2014) was an alpinist, author and retired broadcasting executive. He was Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory, a private astronomical research facility. He was the son of politicia ...

alpinist, broadcasting executive *

Ava Lowle Willing Ava Lowle Willing (September 15, 1868 – June 9, 1958) was an American socialite. She was the first wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and later married Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale. Early life Ava Lowle Willing was born on September ...

, Philadelphia socialite and ex-wife of

John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He died in the sink ...

(

RMS Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...

casualty) *

Robert Warren Miller Robert Warren Miller (born May 23, 1933) is an American billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and sailing champion. He is the father of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and ...

, champion sailor and founder of

DFS Group DFS ("DFS Group") is a Hong Kong-based travel retailer of luxury products. Established in 1960, its network consists of over 420 locations, including duty-free stores in 12 major airports and 23 downtown Galleria stores, as well as affiliate and ...

Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark (born Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, 17 September 1968), is the wife of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, son of Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark. Marie-Chantal's hus ...

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, future titular King of

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Other descendants of Percival Lowle: *

, former

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to Presidents

and

Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former U ...

, Ex-

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Herman Melville Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American people, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his bes ...

, author *

John Lothrop Motley John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work ''The Rise of the Dutch Republic'' and four volume ''His ...

, historian *

Tuesday Weld Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is an American actress and model. She began acting as a child and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over t ...

, actress *

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...

, playwright *

William Whipple William Whipple Jr. (January 25, 1731 NS Old_Style.html"_;"title="anuary_14,_1730_Old_Style">OS/nowiki>_–_November_28,_1785)_was_an_American_Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States.html" "title="Old_Style">OS.html" ;"title="Old_Style.ht ...

, signer of the

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* T. S. Eliot, poet * Edward Arlington Robinson, poet *

Elliot Richardson Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and public servant who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As U.S. Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate ...

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* Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, son of

Jerome Bonaparte Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is comm ...

, King of Westphalia * Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II, soldier, officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

* Charles Joseph Bonaparte,

and

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in, his distant relative by marriage, Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet

Portrait gallery

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References

External links

''The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899''
is available for free download at Google Books.
Domesday Books
The National Archives, England

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowell Family People from Massachusetts American families of English ancestry