Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet
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Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet (9 November 1642 – 17 January 1706) was an English gentleman and landowner at Whitehaven.
He married Jane Leigh and had three children:[1]
- Sir Christopher Lowther, 3rd Baronet (c.1666–1731)
- Jane Lowther (1667 – 27 February 1730)[2], unmarried
- Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet (1673–1755)
Lowther owned large coal estates near Whitehaven, and worked to develop the mines and the port. He oversaw the growth of Whitehaven from a small fishing village to a planned town for the colliery workers. He disinherited his elder son, Christopher, as a spendthrift, and left his estates to his younger son, James.[3]
He was Member of Parliament for Cumberland from 1665 to 1701, and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1689 to 1696.
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[edit] Further reading
- (1983) in D.R. Hainsworth, ed.: The Correspondence of Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven 1693-1698. A provincial community in wartime.. The British Academy. ISBN 0-197-26016-0.
[edit] References
- ^ Lowther pedigree 2. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
- ^ Beckett, J.V. (1980). "The Disinheritance of Sir Christopher Lowther in 1701". Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 80: 131–136.
- ^ Beckett, J. V. (2004). "Lowther, Sir James, fourth baronet (bap. 1673, d. 1755)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Patricius Curwen, Bt Sir George Fletcher, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Cumberland with Sir George Fletcher, Bt 1665–1679, 1681–1685, 1689–1701 Richard Lamplugh 1679 Viscount Morpeth 1679–1681 The Viscount Preston 1685–1689 1665–1701 |
Succeeded by Richard Musgrave Gilfrid Lawson |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Christopher Lowther |
Baronet (of Whitehaven) 1644–1706 |
Succeeded by Christopher Lowther |
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