William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale

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William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC (1787–1872), was an English politician. Born William Lowther, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lowther from 1807 until 1844, when he succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father. He had, however, sat in the House of Lords since 1841, when he was summoned by a writ of acceleration in his father's Barony of Lowther, of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland. In 1844 he became known as the Earl of Lonsdale. He was Lord President of the Council in 1852. He had no children; his nephew Henry succeeded to the earldom.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Osborn	Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1808–1813	Succeeded by Thomas Wallace
Preceded by The Lord Muncaster	Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1813–1831	Succeeded by Alexander Nowell
Preceded by Frederick Barne	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1832	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Constituency created	Member of Parliament for West Cumberland 1832–1833	Succeeded by Samuel Irton
Preceded by Alexander Nowell	Member of Parliament for Westmorland 1833–1841	Succeeded by William Thompson
Political offices
Preceded by Charles Arbuthnot	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests 1828–1830	Succeeded by George Ellis
Preceded by Charles Poulett Thomson	Treasurer of the Navy 1834–1835	Succeeded by Sir Henry Parnell
	Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1834–1835	Succeeded by Henry Labouchere
Preceded by The Earl of Lichfield	Postmaster General 1841–1845	Succeeded by The Earl of St Germans
Preceded by The Earl of Lonsdale	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland 1844–1868	Succeeded by Viscount Lowther
Preceded by The Marquess of Lansdowne	Lord President of the Council 1852	Succeeded by The Earl Granville
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lowther	Earl of Lonsdale 1844–1872	Succeeded by Henry Lowther