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Lonsdale, Viscount (E, 1696 - 1750/1)

Creation: let.pat. 28 May 1696

Extinct: 6 or 7 Mar 1750/1

Family name: Lowther

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Arms:

See Earl of Lonsdale

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John [Lowther], 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC

1st son and heir of Col John Lowther MP, of Hackthorpe and Mauds Meaburn, co. Westmorland (by his first wife Elizabeth Bellingham, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Henry Bellingham, of Hilsington, co. Westmorland), 1st son and heir ap. of Sir John Lowther, 1st Bt. MP, of Lowther, co. Westmorland, by his first wife Mary Fletcher, dau. of Sir Richard Fletcher

born

25 Apr 1655

mar.

3 Dec 1674 Katherine Thynne (b. 21 Sep 1653; d. Jan 1712/3), sister of Thomas [Thynne], 1st Viscount Weymouth, and 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Bt., by his wife Hon Mary Coventry, 2nd dau. by his second wife of Thomas [Coventry], 1st Baron Coventry

children

1. Hon Richard Lowther, later 2nd Viscount Lonsdale

2. Hon Henry Lowther, later 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

3. Hon Anthony Lowther (d. 24 Nov 1741)

1. Hon Mary Lowther (b. c. 1676; dspm. 16 Apr 1706), mar. as his first wife Sir John Wentworth, 1st Bt., of North Elmsal, co. York, and had issue

2. Hon Elizabeth Lowther (d. 1764), mar. 6 Aug 1695 Sir William Ramsden, 2nd Bt., and had issue

3. Hon Jane Lowther (d. 1752)

4. Hon Margaret Lowther, mar. 20 Mar 1706 Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Bt., of Muncaster, co. Westmorland, and had issue:

1a. Katherine Pennington (d. 7 Dec 1764), mar. 22 Jun 1731 her cousin Robert Lowther, of Mauds Meaburn, co. Westmorland, Governor of Barbados (b. 13 Dec 1681; d. Sep 1745), 2nd but 1st surv. son and heir of Richard Lowther MP, of Mauds Meaburn, co. Westmorland (by his wife Barbara Prickett, dau. of Robert Prickett, of Wressle Castle, co. York), 2nd son by his first wife of Sir John Lowther, 1st Bt. MP, of Lowther, co. Westmorland, and had issue:

1b. Sir James Lowther, 5th Bt., later 1st Earl of Lonsdale

2b. Robert Lowther (d. unm.)

1b. Margaret Lowther (d. 10 Sep 1800), mar. 19 Mar 1757 Henry [Vane], 2nd Earl of Darlington, and had issue

2b. Katherine Lowther (d. 21 Mar 1809), mar. 8 Apr 1765 as his second wife Harry [Paulet], 6th Duke of Bolton, and had issue

3b. Barbara Lowther (d. unm.)

5. Hon Barbara Lowther (d. 1716), mar. c. 1703 as his first wife Thomas Howard, of Corby Castle, co. Cumberland (d. 1740), 1st son and heir of William Howard, of Corby Castle, co. Cumberland, by his wife Jane Dalston, dau. of John Dalston, of Acornbank, co. Westmorland, and had issue

died

10 Jul 1700

created

28 Mar 1696 Baron Lowther, of Lowther in the County of Westmorland, and Viscount Lonsdale, of Lonsdale in the County of Westmorland

suc. by

son

note

suc. his grandfather as 2nd Baronet 30 Nov 1675; barrister, Inner Temple 1677; Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1677-79, 1681, 1685-87 and 1689-96; a strong supporter of the "Glorious Revolution" 1688; Privy Councillor 1688/9; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1689-94; Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland 1689-94; First Lord of the Treasury 1690; a Lord of the Treasury 1690-92; Lord Privy Seal 1699-1700; a Lord Justice of the Realm 1699 and 1700

Richard [Lowther], 2nd Viscount Lonsdale

born

1692

died

1 Dec 1713

suc. by

brother

Henry [Lowther], 3rd Viscount Lonsdale

born

1694

died

6 or 7 Mar 1750/1

note

raised 10,000 men to oppose the Jacobite Rising 1715; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1717-27; Constable of the Tower of London 1726-31; Privy Councillor 1726; a Commissioner of Claims at the Coronation of King George II 1727; Lord Privy Seal 1733-35; Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland 1738-50/1

On the death of the 3rd Viscount Lonsdale the Viscountcy of Lonsdale became extinct and the Baronetcy of Lowther (NS cr. c. 1638) passed to his second cousin and also greatnephew, James Lowther, of Mauds Meaburn, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale

 First written 25 Nov 2005

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