Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, 3rd Baronet (26 September 1803 – 6 November 1894) was an English landowner, the third son of
Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Fane.
Lowther was
blind from infancy due to an attack of
scarlet fever
Scarlet fever, also known as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by ''Streptococcus pyogenes'', a Group A streptococcus (GAS). It most commonly affects children between five and 15 years of age. The signs and symptoms include a sore ...
. His mother imported the first
embossed books in England for his benefit in 1821.
On 10 May 1834, he married Isabella Morehead (died 2 July 1887). They had two sons:
*George William Lowther (28 March 1837 – 6 February 1890)
*
James Lowther (1840–1904), who inherited
Wilton Castle
Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named after the Manorialism, manor associated with it.
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from his father.
Lowther was a benefactor of
William Moon, funding the construction of his workroom in 1856 and donating to the Moon Society, which distributed literature for the blind in
Moon type
The Moon System of Embossed Reading (commonly known as the Moon writing, Moon alphabet, Moon script, Moon type, or Moon code) is a writing system for the blind, using embossed symbols mostly derived from the Latin script (but simplified). It is ...
.
He inherited the family baronetcy from his brother in 1868. Dying in 1894 at the age of ninety, Lowther was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson,
Charles Bingham Lowther. Sir Charles' coach can be seen in the carriage collection at Shibden Hall, Halifax.
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1803 births
1894 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
English blind people
English landowners
19th-century English philanthropists
Charles
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19th-century British philanthropists
19th-century British businesspeople
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